2ndRound: Parents should be held responsible for their school-going childrensdisciplinary problems Government: 1st speakerThankyou, Mister / MadamSpeaker. SalutationI bidtoMister / MadamSpeaker,honourable panelof adjudicators, reliable timekeepers, fellow comrades fighting for the truth,worthy opponents and members of the house. Themotionof todaysdebateisthis housebelieesthat !"arentsshouldbeheldresponsible for their school#going childrens disciplinary problems$. %efore I set the ball rolling,allow me to first define todays motion. &e, the goernment team, define parent as the motheror father of a person. Someone who acts as a guardian, father figure or mother figure can alsobe considered as a parent because he or she does what a parent should do. !Should be heldresponsible$ is defined as to hae control and authority oer someone and the duty of takingcare of them. School#going children, in Malaysian conte't, refer to children from the age of ( to)(. *isciplinary problems include misbehaiour, bullying, truancy, andalism, pornography andcrime as stated by reports from a ministry official in +,), claiming that ))),-.- students werecaught for the aforementioned disciplinary problems. In short, the definition of todays motionreads as this house beliees anyone who acts as a parent to children of the age ( to )( hasauthority oer them and he or she is answerable for disciplinary problems caused by them. &e,the goernment team, could not agree more with todays motion./s"rime Minister, I willsharewith youthe main reason why parents should be heldresponsible for their school#going childrens disciplinary problems. It is simply because parentsaretheonesresponsibletoraisetheir children, hencetheyareresponsiblefor theirchildrenseeryaction. *eputyprimeminister will bringforthtwomorepointsinsupport oftodaysmotion.0irstly,parents havegreat influenceon theirchildrenand secondly,mostschool#goingchildrenwithdisciplinaryproblemscomefrom problematicfamilies. 0orthesereasons, parents should definitely be held responsible for the disciplinary problems caused bytheir unruly children. 1ast but not least, third goernment speaker will rebut, refute andinalidate all the flimsy arguments proided by the first and second speakers of the oppositionteam in their effort to cloud judgment and conceal the fact that no one but the parents should beheld responsible for school#going childrens disciplinary problems. 1adies and gentlemen, two adults, who want to start a family and raise children together,areresponsiblefortheirchildren until their childrenareableto standontheirowntwo feet.Since parents are the ones who gae birth to their children, they shoulder the responsibility toraise them, take care of their needs and teach them what is right and what is wrong. /s parents,they are also responsible for disciplining their children and training them to hae self#control.2ence, parents should be answerable for their childrens actions when the young onesmisbehae in or out of school./t the tender age from ( to )(, children are gullible. They do not hae the capability tomaketheright decisions.Soparentsshouldassumeresponsibilitytohelptheir childrentomake good decisions. They are liable for their childrens actions during school#going years. 0ore'ample, youngchildrenmayliebecausetheyaretooyoungtounderstandthedifferencebetween the truth and a lie. Sometimes they lie to get themseles out of trouble. This is normal.&hen they act this way all the time, or when this behaiour gets them into trouble all the time athome, at school, orwithotherkidsintheneighbourhood, parentswhoraisethemhaetheresponsibility to curb this disciplinary problem. &hen children focus on e'cuses, parents need tofocus on responsibility. It is parents responsibility to watch oer them and to teach them goodalues, so they are morally responsible. 1adies and gentlemen, the disciplinary problems in school cannot be remediedunless parents themselves who raise the children are acting at home to engendergood disciplinary habits in their children.&hether or not the children are taughtresponsibility, integrity and moral alues is the duty of the parents. It is hoped that parents caninstil astrongenough senseof right andwrong, sothat when children aree'posedtodisciplinary problems, their moralcompass is secure. "arents must ensure that their childrenknowright fromwrong, anddisciplinethechildrenwhentheymisbehae. 3oonebut theparents are responsible for school#going children4s actions, because their children4s actions arelargely reflectie of the upbringing they receie from their parents. 0or e'ample, some parents adopt indulgent parenting style in raising their children. Theyfollow their childrens eery whim. These children grow up to be hardcore spoilt brats who causetrouble and wreak haoc in school. &ho should we blame in this case5 The young children whoknow nothing or the grown#up parents who should know better5 1adies and gentlemen, parents choose to hae children, so it is their responsibility toteachtheir childrenwithout giinguponthem. 3ochildrenwhocomefromagoodhomebecome bullies or crack addicts or murdering thiees, unless their parents do not care much forthe children or do not teach them the ways of a responsible adult. /t the end of the day, themost important key to childrens good discipline is the positie inolement of parents in raisingthem. If they fail to raise their children well, then they fail as parents. Therefore, the blame forschool#goingchildrensdisciplinaryproblems, without anydoubt, shouldbepinnedontheparents. Thank you. 2ndRound: Parents should be held responsible for their school-going childrensdisciplinary problems Government: 2nd speakerThank you, Mister / Madam Speaker. 6ood afternoon I bid to Mister / Madam Speaker,honourable panel of adjudicators, eer#precise timekeepers, my esteemed colleagues, worthyopponents and members of the house. %eforeI bringforthtwosubstantial argumentsinsupport of todaysmotionthat thishouse beliees parents should be held responsible for their school#going childrens disciplinaryproblems, allow me to first rebut a few points raised by my opponent. The first speaker from opposition team tried to tell you that 77777777777777777777777.This is totally wrong because 7777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777.2e/she also said that 7777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777./gain, I beg to differ because 7777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777.8ur "rimeMinister hasalreadye'plainedthat parentsareresponsibletoraisetheirchildren, thereforetheyareresponsiblefortheirchildrensdisciplinaryproblems./sparents,they should encourage good behaiours in their school#going children and curb the bad ones.0ailure to do so is entirely parents fault. 1adiesandgentlemen, thereisnodoubt that parentshaegreat influenceintheirchildrens upbringing. They play a great role in moulding, nurturing and deeloping the youngminds. If a parent has the bad habit of swearing, their children might follow their parents4 poorbehaiour. "arents, are and willalways be the most influentialpeople in children4s lies, andineitably they will pick up their parents mannerisms, habits and prejudices. 6ranted, there areseeral traits that are inherited from the parents, but most children learn right and wrong throughobserationofothers.Seeralstudiesin deelopmental psychology haefound thatchildrenare, essentially, a blank slate. 9ntil they are of schooling age, their parents are the dominantrole models in children4s life. Therefore, I beliee that parents are responsible for their children4s actions, as they arethe root of their character. :hildren are born with brains eager to absorb information as theyprogress in life. They pick up habits, consciously and subconsciously, from their surroundings.;erythingchildren learnordo notlearnis picked upprimarilyfromparents. 2aingsuch agreat influenceontheir children, it isparents responsibilitytoset agoode'ampletotheirschool#going children, instil good discipline and nip any disciplinary problem in the bud. 1adies and gentlemen, there is growing concern for disciplinary problems among school#going children which could eole into juenile crimes. Malaysian :rime "reention 0oundation. Technology ). +.>. ;ntertainment ).+.>.Reply peech: RebuttalGovernmentsPointReply peech:hildren If children can think on their own, there would not be so many cases ofdisciplinary problems, would there5 School#going children are tooyoung to hae the legal responsibilities as an adult. They lack capacityto understand responsibilities and the probable conseFuences of theirown actions. It is parents duty to proide their children with guidance astobuildmaturityandresponsibility.;ducationstartsfromhomeH anybehaioursof theparentsdirectlyaffect thechildrenpsychologicallyand in terms of deelopment. There is an action and a reaction.:hildren4sactionsarestimulatedbytheir personalityandbehaiour,whichis undoubtedly shapedfromtheir parents andtheir parentsbehaiour ;en when the child is an adult, they hae their parents tothankfor their upbringing. Therefore0911responsibilitygoestotheparentsof thebehaioural andethical constructionof their children.%esides families are the building blocks of society and the generationsperpetuate a circle of similar family traits and behaiours.Teachers Teachers core business in school is teaching. They are not babysitters.They are not the school#going childrens fathers or mothers. They aresupposed to teach, not to act as parent, not to manage unrulybehaiour. "eers "arents should keep an eye on their childrens peers I who are theiryoungones mingling with.Goungmindsare ulnerable.Theycanbeeasilyinfectedwithideas. Soparentsshouldbee'traigilant abouttheir childrens whereabouts and who they are with. If parents fail to doso and their children mi' with the wrong crowd, who can be blamed inthis case if not the parents5Technology It is parents responsibility to guide the young ones. :hildren may nothae the capacity to differentiate what is right and what is wrong, buttheir parents are old enough to knowbetter. Therefore, they areresponsible to superise their childrens usage of technology and guidethem. ;ntertainment "arents, parents, parents. /gain, it is parents responsibility to guide theyoung ones. %ad behaiours and iolence are glamoriJed on thescreensandonthestreets. :hildrenmaynot haethecapacitytodifferentiate what is right and what is wrong, but their parents are oldenough to know better. Therefore, they are responsible to monitor theirchildren watch and gie them appropriate guidance.