What do you see as the reasons for poor behaviour from teens?

I asked this similar question in another subreddit but I thought it would be better to get a response from educators.

Are there a number of factors at play -- too lenient or too strict parenting, poverty or extravagance, personality disorders or mental health conditions, boredom or lack of aspiration, etc? Are some factors more prominent than others?

I would like to work in education in the future, but I fear that my response (as a well-behaved 17 year old) is to almost condescendingly "look down on" other teenagers who are ill-behaved/rude/lack manners/mess around, and this wouldn't be suitable for an aspiring teacher because it dismisses behaviour and blames the individual. But how much of this is the individual's choice?

Personally speaking, I can't *really* see how someone can not be well behaved. But perhaps being well-behaved is easier said than done.

I can understand, though, how mental health conditions like ADHD can affect behaviour. Statistics from the UK showed that 45% of excluded students have some form of special educational needs.

What do you think? As educators, what is your scope for addressing poor behaviour? If parenting is an issue, is this outside of your remit?

[Tagged this as psychology since it involves behaviour but let me know if a better flair would suit.]

Submitted July 17, 2020 at 05:22PM by Accurate-Ad-6649 https://ift.tt/30qS3ci