“I don’t really think it’s the parents. A lot of them are working hard trying to do the best they can. Contrary to popular opinion, Somali parents are strict about education and religion regardless of gender.”
parents play a big role in how successful you’ll turn out in life here in the west. Most successful young men and women come from two parent households with college educated parents. The education level of the parents you raised in plays a big role on how you’ll turn out after you finish high school. Most doctors, engineers, lawyers, scientist, pilots, and accountants all got a parent that went to college. Even when I went to college I quickly realized I barely met any first gen college students while taking my stem courses.
The same thing is also noticeable in the trades and in military service. The young men that join the trades as soon as possible usually had a father or sibling they worked in the trades. A lot of young men that joined the military after high school usually had a parent or sibling that was a veteran.
“Somali parents are strict about education and religion regardless of gender”
You’re right but at the same time these criminals come from bad households. Like I’ve said before a lot of them really had no solid chance here in the west. Their parents didn’t raise them well enough to compete here.
All the Somali felons I’ve met had parents that weren’t strict about school. I got an uncle, some cousins, and a few childhood friends that ended as felons. The one common thing they all had in common is that their parents weren’t that strict about school and let them roam around freely while living in the hood. During their teen years none of these men had proper role models in their households and in the neighborhoods they were raised in.
