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How to prevent irresponsible adolescent bahaviour

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<b>HOW TO PREVENT IRRESPONSIBLE ADOLESCENT
BEHAVIOUR</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Over-protection</i></b></div>
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Parents must not be overprotective of their
adolescent children. The child must be given some freewill to act on his/her
own while the parents still guides and directs them. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Good Parental control
and care</i></b></div>
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Parents must create, in their homes, a conducive
atmosphere so that the adolescent can feel at ease. Parental control at home
must not be authoritarian. Under certain circumstance, rules at home must be
relaxed.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Provision of basic
needs</i></b></div>
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Parents must ensure that they provide the basic
needs of their children and for the adolescent children especially. This would
prevent or control the way they find other ways of getting those things that
the parents are supposed to provide for them.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Moral education</i></b></div>
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Parents must instill in their children good moral
education, the type of moral discipline that they will not grow to depart from.
Good moral education helps to develop good moral habits in the adolescents.
This way, they become law abiding, respect authority and help them to resist
the urge to indulge in vices. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Adolescent
information</i></b></div>
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The adolescent children must be given vital
information, both at home and in school. Such information can equip them and
help to recognize the dangers associated with irresponsible behavior when they
see one. Knowing the consequences of their irresponsible behavior also helps
them to avoid them. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Guidance and
counseling </i></b></div>
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Adolescent children must be given guidance and
counseling both by their parents and if possible by professionals. This can
help prevent adolescents’ irresponsible behaviour. It is capable of channeling
them away from acts like teenage sex, drug abuse, armed robbery, prostitution,
drunkenness etc.  </div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">Introduction</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">As the individual tries to shape his/her
personality, there are certain factors that may prevent him from achieving that aim. </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">Inferiority complex</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">Another
 factor that prevents people from developing their capabilities is 
inferiority complex. Some individuals think they are not as good as 
others. They think that they have failed from the very onset so they do 
not make any effort or strive to do anything. A person who feels this 
way, loses his or her self-worth and therefore is unable to push 
forward.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">Lack of initiative</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">Another
 factor that hinders the ability to develop one's capability is the lack
 of the ability to take initiatives. If an individual cannot take bold 
decisions
and initiatives there would be a lack of self-confidence. Once there is 
no confidence, that person would
always give up when he or she faces the slightest difficulty. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">Lack of education and training</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">Another
 factor that can prevent a person from developing his or her goals is 
the absent of education and training. Education and development are very
 crucial in the development of a person's capability, so when that 
critical element is missing, is is difficult for that hidden capability 
to be developed. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">Lack of practice</span></i></b></div>
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 is said that practice makes perfect, therefore if a person fails to 
practice, it is not possible for him to achieve his goals. To put it in 
another way, when a person refuses to practice or does
not have the chance to practice, he may not have the opportunity to 
discover
the qualities in him/her. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">Absence of encouragement</span></i></b></div>
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">When an individual receives positive reinforcement
from people around them, they feel encouraged. It does not matter what the
individual is doing. Where the encouragement is absent, it may lead to loss of
self-confidence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;">Some guidance is needed for individuals to
develop. Where this is missing, the individual may be ignorant of his/her
self-worth. A situation like this may encourage the individual to engage in
non-profitable activities. Consequently, the individual may develop negative
self-worth.</span></div>
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Why funerals are expensive in Ghana

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<b>WHY FUNERAL EXPENSES ARE HIGH IN GHANA </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Long duration of
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Many days are used in organizing funerals and a
lot of money is spent on sympathizers and relatives in the provision of
accommodation, food and drinks. Sometimes, the corpse is kept in the morgue for
many months. All these makes the funeral expenses high.</div>
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People spend huge sums of money in preparation
towards the funeral. The corpse is preserved in the mortuary for a number of
days, sometimes weeks and months. The cost of food and drinks bought is very
high and above all the price of coffin bought is very expensive. This creates
the situation where huge sums of money are spent on the funeral.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Transporting dead
bodies over a long journey</i></b></div>
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Some family members do not want their dead
relatives to be buried anywhere other than their hometown. This compels people
to transport their dead relatives from very far, even from Europe and America
back home. This adds a lot of cost to the funeral budget.</div>
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It is a common practice to create publicity about
the death of a relative. This publicity may take the form of radio and
television announcements. These are expensive. Some family members mount giant
billboards at vantage points to inform people about the death of their
relatives. This can also cost the funeral budget to go high. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wake-keeping </i></b></div>
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Another practice, which leads to high funeral
expenditure, is wake keeping or vigil. During wake keeping, sound systems are
hired, coffee drink prepared and served. There is the distribution of items
such as chewing gum, ginger toffees to keep people wake during the vigil. All
these add to the high cost of funeral. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HOW TO REDUCE HIGH
FUNERAL EXPENDITURE</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Doing away with wake-keeping</i></b></div>
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Apart from the fact that activities taking place
during wake keeping increases the expenditure of funeral, it also affects the
health of those involved. Sleep deprivation has been linked to health problems.
One way of reducing funeral expenses is to abolish vigils so that the attendant
cost can be cut off.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Preservation of
corpse</i></b></div>
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Another way of reducing the cost of funerals is
to period the corpse is kept in the morgue. The longer it is kept at the
morgue, the more relatives have to pay for its preservation. When this is done,
it will cut down the funeral expenses.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Reduce travel time
for corpse</i></b></div>
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Conveying the corpse over a long distance for
funeral and burial ceremonies must be eliminated since it comes with its own
separate cost. People should avoid it. As much as possible, the corpse should
be buried where the death occurred to help eliminate the high cost of
transportation.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Avoid the use of
expensive coffins</i></b></div>
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The purchase of expensive coffins increases the
expenditure of the funeral. It is recommended that this is avoided. This is
even more compelling when thieves may target the casket or coffin and still it
just after burial. One of the reasons people loot graves is to still expensive
coffins. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Burial and funeral
ceremonies </i></b></div>
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People should plan in order to hold burial and
final funeral rites on the same day to avoid extra cost. Holding such
ceremonies on separate days incurs additional costs to family.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Avoid buying a
particular funeral dress</i></b></div>
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Some bereaved families prescribe a dress code for
the funeral, especially, for family members. This dress code is expected to be
used by family members and friends. This must be avoided especially when it is
compulsory. The financial burden it puts on people can be avoided.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Concilliar type of local government is the type
of local government that is practiced by the British. The system boasts of
three levels, the top where big cities are, the middle level where the
districts are and the bottom level where the villages are.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The system has three levels. At the very top is the County
Councils, operated by the big cities like Birmingham, Leads and Glasgow. Just below
is the District Councils operated in the smaller cities then at the very bottom
where there are parish meetings operated by the villages or rural areas.</span></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Use of the ballot box</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Under the system, councilors are elected directly by
the people into the Council. Sometimes, the election is partisan and sometimes
too it is non-partisan. This system makes the Concilliar type of local
government is representative.</span></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Committee system</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The system allows for the use of committee system. Two
types of committees operate; the Statutory Committee and the Permissive
Committee. The statutory committee is required by law but the permissive
committee is at the discretion of the Council. The committees are expected to
discuss all important matters before they come before the full council.</span></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Co-option</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Local Councils are allowed to co-opt a person
into the Council. These co-opted members, who are not members of the Council, are
allowed to serve on the Council Committee.</span></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Use of Aldermen</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">There are members of the council who either lost the
elections to elect people to the Council or did not take part in the elections
at all. These are elected into the council as Aldermen. The Aldermen do not
however exceed a third of the total number membership.</span></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Non-hierarchical</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Concilliar type of local government is
non-hierarchical. This means that each of the levels is independent of the
other. The lower level of the system does not have to go through another level
before it can communicate with the central government. Every council, at
whatever level, has direct links to the central government.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">1. a. Describe the Concilliar type of local
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<b>DISADVANTAGES OF THE CITY MANAGER TYPE OF
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
City Manager type of local government is that type of Local Government system
where elections to office are not based on the political leaning of the
contestants. In other words, it is a system where party politicking is avoided at
the local level. The system originates from the United States of America. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Composition</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
City Council of the City Manager type of local government consists of between
four to nine members who are elected by the people. Of this number, one is
appointed out of the lot as the City Manager. The City Manager then appoints the
heads of all the departments in the City Council. Some of the departments
included the Departments of Public Relations, Fire, Waste Management, and
Engineering.</span></div>
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<b><i>City Manager could become dictatorial</i></b></div>
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Under the City Manager type of local government, too
much power is concentrated in the hands of the City Manager. As the saying goes
that “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely”, there is the danger
that the City Manager could become despotic.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Operates in a hostile environment</i></b></div>
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The City Manager type of local government does
not allow for the City Manager to be elected by the people, he/she is appointed
by the City Council. He therefore does not enjoy the direct support of the city
dwellers. He therefore operates in a hostile environment.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Unnecessary conflicts</i></b></div>
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It has been argued that the City Manager type of
local government generates too much tension between the people of the city and
the City council as an entity. It not an uncommon sight to see citizens of a
city going on demonstrations against a policy or programme of their City
Council. The resultant confrontation between the city voters and the City
Council does not arguer well for the image of the city.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">City Manager
unfamiliar with terrain</i></b></div>
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The City Manager is mostly not familiar with the problems
of the city to which he has been recruited. He may think he knows the needs of
the people while in actual fact, the needs of the people may be different. This
may be due to the fact that he is most of the time recruited from outside the
city. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Undemocratic</i></b></div>
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Another disadvantage of the City Manager type of local
government is that it is undemocratic. Indeed, the City Manager, who is given
so much power to administer the city, is not directly elected by the people. In
other words, the City Manager does not have the direct mandate of the people.
This is unacceptable in a country that prides itself on democratic principles. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Undue criticism of
City Manager</i></b></div>
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The City Manager is ultimately responsible for
the failure and success of the city. This makes him the target criticism from
the city dwellers. He is blamed for everything and anything. Undue criticism
may drive him off focus so that instead of concentrating on his core functions,
he now has to assuage the fears of the people.</div>
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1. Highlight six disadvantages of the City
Manager type of local government.</div>
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2. a. How is the City Council of the City Manager
type of local government composed?</div>
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five disadvantages of the City manager type of local government.</div>
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