Children who grow up being physically or mentally abused will develop problems and children's response to abuse and neglect may manifest in delinquent behaviors such as abandonment school, drugs, alcohol abuse, sexual promiscuity, prostitution, self-harm, theft and other crimes and misdemeanors. It doesn't matter whether you were born into a rich, middle class or poor family; abused children commit many of the same delinquent acts. In the juvenile justice system, many avenues have been explored and studied to determine the best ways to prevent delinquency and help juvenile child offenders. Programs were developed in the early years to try to resolve the problems of juvenile delinquency. Refuge houses were created to serve as places of detention for young offenders. Later, an alternative to refuge houses, the cottage system, was created. The cottage system provided homes where children were sent to live with families who clothed them, fed them, watched them, and put them to work to teach them discipline and responsibility. Later, a special system of juvenile courts was established throughout the country. Programs such as Upward Bound, technical school counseling sessions (auto mechanic), after-school programs and government agencies have been developed to find answers and end juvenile delinquency. After many years of searching for solutions; nothing works as it should. The reason for the lack of sufficient changes in juvenile delinquency is that the problems that lead to juvenile delinquency begin in the home and not enough attention has been paid to the family dynamics that cause delinquency. Parents are the primary relational stakeholder... middle of paper ... problems will get worse. Children need parents with whom they can communicate. In the textbook Juvenile Delinquency and Justice, Ronald J. Berger and Paul D. Gregory wrote: “The family is a major arena for social interaction, personal growth, and social and emotional maturation. » Parents must take their place in their children's lives and must be held to higher parenting standards if our children are to be saved. Professionals charged with helping our children heal must have a central concern for children and not simply a medical concern. They should care about the child as a human being and want to see him become a fulfilled person, not perform a few acts of service and turn their back on him. As a society, we need to understand that our children do not need short-term therapeutic visits, but endless, long-term love, care and concern..