SOCIAL

PROBLEMS
 I. JUVENILE
DELINQUENCY
 behavior that varies from the normal code of the
group.
 anti-social, a menace to the people’s welfare and
different from what is normal action.
 JUVENILE
DELINQUENT

 person who commits a crime while having not yet

reached the legal age of adulthood
A. Causes
 Industrialization and urbanization
 Fast life and varied activity of cities.
 Frustration resulting disappointment is vented
against society
 Emotional deprivation
 Deep-seated conflicts and problems
 Gangs or “barkada” of the wrong kind
 Poverty
 Broken homes
 Irregular discipline
 Rejection
 Lack of affection and sense of
belonging
 Idleness which leads to mischief
 B. Educational Implications
– The school is a small society and all those enrolled
should be made to feel that they are part and parcel of the
school
– Give every child a chore to be responsible for
– Provide a warm healthy school climate
– Develop worthwhile values
– Have children distinguish right and wrong behavior
– The teacher should accept all children and not
have favoritism
– Keep children busy at worthwhile activities
– Find out the interest of the children and provide
outlets for these
– Identify the children who need help(such as lack
of confidant or a friend)
– Check what has been accomplished and follow-
up from time to time
 II. DRUG ADDICTION

• a problem that is not only against the society,

but detrimental to the individual.
A. Causes
• Influence of “barkada”
• Habit through eradication
• Curiosity
• Innocent victim of a pushers
• High frustration
• Low level of education
• Family disorganization
• Racial and economic discrimination
• Easy access to drugs
• Boredom
• Riddance of inhibition
 B. Educational Implication
• Schools should take-up drug education and impress
upon the children the evil effects of drugs
• The teacher should be on the look-out for drug
addicts and report to the parents
• The school and home should cooperate in seeing to
it that their children do not become victims of drug
addiction
• Children should be warned against accepting
anything that is offered free
• There should be surveillance against dope pushers
by school authorities
• Children/students that are dope addicts should not
be treated like criminals, but more like patients
who need treatment
• A stiffer penalty should be given to dope pushers
than is being given now, as they lure innocent
victims
III. SEX PROBLEMS
• another social problems that is brought by inventions
of contraceptives, women’s lib movement, too much
permissiveness and break-down of home discipline.
A. Different Kinds of Sex Problems
• Increased student pregnancy
• Extra-marital relations
• Frigidity and impotence
• Sexual incompatibility
• Incest – sexual intercourse bet. people related by
blood or marriage
• Wife- swapping
• Hippie family
• Homosexuality
• Nymphomania
• Prostitution
B. Causes
• Local customs
• Women’s lib movement
• Influence of media
• Influence of actresses
• Industrialization
• Inventions of contraceptives
• Poverty
• Modern advertisements
• Breaking down of family discipline
C. Effects
• illegitimate births
• abortion may be resorted
• marriage may not last
• rampant prostitution
• brings diseases
D.Remedies
• Strengthening moral values
• Sex education
• Closer supervision of adolescents and youth
• Sublimation of emotions and extra energy
during adolescence
 E.Educational implications
• Sex education should be taken up in school
• Parents should instill worthwhile mores and traditions in
their children
• Parents should serve as good models for their children
• Since adolescence is the time that emotions develop to a
high pitch, these should be sublimated through the arts
• Adolescents have plenty of energy that should be channeled
to athletics instead of engaging themselves into sex.
IV. DIVORCE AND
DESERTION
A. Causes
– Separation of the couple when the husband has to
work abroad
– Working women have more contacts w/ other
men which may lead to involvement with them
– Interpretation of new freedom
– Abundance of goods increases desires for
material things
B. Remedies
• Emphasize religious and sacramental
significance of marriage
• Try to have couple live together by working
near home
• Deemphasize material goods and emphasize
the real values of life
B. Educational implications
a) Marriage is a long life relationship so one should
not rush into it
b) God should be part of any marriage
c) Marriage is a partnership so husband and wife must
cooperate to make it successful
d) Study the parents of your intended husband
e)Preventive measures are always better than cure. To
avoid separations and divorce there are certain things to
be consider.

i. A good age to marry is between 21-25 (women)

and much older for men
ii. Having the same faith
iii. Adaptability
iv. The higher the educational level and achievements
the greater chances for success in marriage
V.POPULATION
EXPLOSION
A.Causes

a) Values and beliefs

b) Less mortality rate due to:

i. Improved health and nutrition

ii. Less infant mortality
iii. Longer life span
c)Fertility of Filipino women

i. No family planning
ii. Lack of knowledge of contraceptives
B.Effects
 Poverty
 Unemployment and underemployment
 Political instability
 Lower quality of life