Based on an article I read, experts in the field of psychology say that teens who started to become sexually active at an early age have less chances of acquiring delinquent behaviors in early adulthood. The findings contradict the widely held belief that early sexual activity is associated with later drug use, criminality, antisocial behavior, and emotional problems. However, this claim is yet to be supported by obtainable facts. Further, other factors that result to the later onset of delinquency to sexually active teens are also to be considered.

Albeit, the community as a whole will relatively be disturbed by juvenile delinquents, it is still the family that will be directly affected by their teens’ deeds and actions of juvenile delinquency. For their part, it is also the family that plays an integral role in preventing the sprout of juvenile delinquency in their teens because they are the ones who have the primary means to somewhat control their teens.

It is often said that the prevention of delinquency the identification of at-risk teens. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the parents, not only to their teens but to their communities as well, to intervene once they realize that their teens are exhibiting symptoms of delinquency.

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