Why do these girls end up in reform schools?

The writer is informed by the officers of these schools that some of the reasons that these young girls commit crimes or become uncontrollable are as follows:

(1) Lack of education, partly due to parents who have been divorced.

(2) Lack of parental love, care and attention. It is said that parents only know how to punish but never to understand.

(3) Environment. This includes the neighbourhood where the child resides, and how much control and monitoring the parents do to protect the child from being influenced by negative forces.

(4) Financial. There are cases where parents take no responsibility for their children’s education. Children play truancy partly due to not having the money to buy the necessary books required or to pay school fees. They feel inadequate and not able to face the teachers and subsequently decide to skip school and go somewhere else. They will be back home after school and parents are not aware of their absence from school.

(5) Character of the child. Although it is true that one’s environment plays a big role
in the shaping of one’s character , we also cannot deny that there are
cases of children whose character are innate in them and is difficult to change.

(6) Friends. Who and what we are can be judged from the people we mix with. Friends plays a big role in influencing our thoughts and habits. People who have negative habits and lifestyle will inevitably pass it to those around him or her, this is especially so if one is weak and easily influenced.