What Causes Truancy?

Chapter four deals with peers and problems. It gives answers as to why some kids become delinquents and we find out that it stems simply from a pause of laugh response to the behavior of the kid. Mostly this chapter talks about deviance, its pathway, its source and ways to prevent it. Early adolescents are particularly susceptible to deviancy if left unmonitored and or not offered multiple opportunities for prosocial activities.

My attendance through high school has been great. I’ve missed school for medical appointments or family emergencies. During my sophomore year I did not do so well in my attendance, but since then I’ve matured and realized my past mistake. Beyond this point I have not missed school. I like to be on time for my classes. Missing school to me is like having extra work , I personally do not like missing school, one day can step you back in all your classes.

From the research up to 5 percent of children doesn't want to go to school, which can occur more common in children 5-10 years old. Somebody has negative behaviors such as crying, yelling and refusing everything about the school. This the problems have many reasons, for example, sometimes they are fear something bad will happen to them alone or they worry about getting out in front of the class. All the problem can be remedy by the

This again could have a huge influence as a lot of looked after children are moved around regularly. This will effect their education enormously. Separation and attachment issues are quite often the cause of many reasons not to want to be in school. This is constantly worked on by schools to find the best way to include these children in school and to be able to give them a good standard of education.

Who you socialize with tends to determine whether or not you will participate in antisocial behaviors and/or delinquency. Youth tend to follow and repeat deviant activities their friends are taking part in such as consuming marijuana and/or alcohol. Siegel and Welsh (2015) found

Next to the parents, a child’s friends can be the biggest influence in a child’s life, and the need to fit in can be very hard for a child. The idea of being cool or giving into peer pressure can cause a child’s idea of what’s right and what’s wrong to become misconstrued. Causing a child to fall into a bad crowd of delinquent peers causing them to get into trouble with the law.

The kind of environment a child grows up around or in has a great affect on their behavior. Human learning is somewhat a continuous reciprocal interaction of cognitive, behavioral, and what I stated early environmental factors. This type of learning is called observational learning, this is where the child observes and imitates the behavior of adults or other children around them. Another environment is the family environment, the stability of a household has a big affect on a child’s behavior. A child that has endured a parental separation, neglect, or has been abused in any way is where you can find these types of behavior. In many studies that are possing in today’s study set goals that test many different interactive involvements between themselves and their parental relationship quality. It is said that children with antisocial beliefs and bad attitudes show a different social contextual interaction with others. Showing more of aggression and delinquent behavior that brings a more

Southwell talks about being a truant from personal experience when he was in school, and how it’s affected him. He demonstrates how truancy has contrary views, and specifies on what educational needs are to be worked on, such as having learning disorders such as dyslexia, homework help, and needing guidance about at-home situations. The three main causes of truancy according to Southwell are lack of the help that students receive in the environment and at school, fear of being made fun of because they ask for help with work, or being away from school so long with an illness. These causes can also be considered as cries of

When it comes to juvenile delinquency an adolescent personality is usually impacted from different factors such as early child hood experiences of witnessing a crime, seeing a violent act, being the victim of a crime, or being around others or family who engaged in criminal activity, these factors can either create an adolescent with a positive or negative attitude, or an anti-social behavior which could create a path for a delinquent behavior (Wilson, p. 34). A study has shown that family interactions accounts for about 40 percent of the cause of an adolescent with an anti-social behavior, the study also shown that aggressiveness which is a common trait of adolescent who engage in delinquent acts is usually created from peer influences (Wilson, p. 34).

This will include looking at the fundamental issues behind a truant absences, such as homelessness, chronic illness, or even unidentified special education needs.

“But my mom’s at work she can’t come check me in” is one of the many things the attendance lady hears every morning. Because even at 18 years old you need a parent to come check you in and out of high school. One time, in eleventh grade, I popped a tire on my motorcycle and my brother picked me up and brought me to school. Once I got there I was about 15 minutes late and the attendance lady would not let me check in without a note from a parent or my parent present. When I called my Mom, she was in disbelief that they wouldn’t let me check my self-in. I drive myself to school why can’t I check myself in. I ended up driving to my Mom getting her to sign a note, and now I was not only 15 minutes late but 45 minutes. It is a huge inconvenience on parents who have a busy schedule and can’t drop everything when their child has a problem getting to school.

Studies have also found that dropping out is more likely to occur among students from single-parent families and students with an older sibling who has already dropped out than among counterparts without these characteristics. Other aspects of a student's home life such as level of parental involvement and support, parent's educational expectations, parent's attitudes about school, and stability of the family environment can also influence a youth's decision to stay in school. For example, results from the NCES study found that students whose parents were not actively involved in the student's school, whose parents infrequently talked to them about school-related matters, or whose parents held low expectations for their child's future educational achievement were more likely to drop out.

Research and etiology on the problem behaviors in childhood and adolescence often focus on the role of the family on the development of antisocial behavior. An important factor examined in past studies has been family structure, and this research has shown that youth from single parent families often have higher

Another personal related problem is jobs. Most students are working part-time in order to support themselves and their family which at times will lead to intrusion with school hours, home works, no time for studying especially to major exams and various school activities which otherwise leads to failing grade. Peer pressure is also another factor wherein these students are being led to bad influences such as drinking, drug which causes a major side effect to students (Schwartz, 1995). Schools do this in order to handle their problem. Students from broken homes are also likely to drop out of school due to the stressful situation that they have to go through and thus affect their concentration in school. Furthermore, most students who dropped out of school don't like school to begin with. These students will rebel and do anything against the school rules in order to be kicked out (Schwartz, 1995). They are likely to fail on their subjects, doesn't get along with other students, and have disciplinary problems. Oftentimes, disciplinary actions are taken before they are dropped out.

The social environment of teens holds an enormous influence on how the teens act and behave. Teens are easily influenced by their surroundings and they look to others for guidance. Their behavior results from that of the parent and peer influences. Parents play a particularly influential role in their child’s life and it is up to them to make sure that they are leading their sons or daughters in the right directions. A teen’s peers also play a large role in how the teen behaves when the parents are not around. A teen’s social environment, consisting of family and peers, plays a vital role in their life, therefore becoming the ultimate cause of juvenile delinquency.