Parents must provide alternatives so children can enjoy...

Parents must provide alternatives so children can enjoy happy times with friends who will not have a wrong influence. By being aware of the influences that affect the child, parents can try and combat them. They can minimize their effects by keeping the child away from them as much as possible. Although it is not possible to protect the child totally from all negative influences, nor is it wise to cocoon him completely, it is important that a young child be protected as much as possible.

As they become older they become more and more exposed to such influences. But then the child is…