Preventing teens from turning into violent terrorists may not be as simple as you think. Exercise best efforts in curving youth's negative habits that'll likely produce terrorist tendencies.
An article in The Intercept indicated the importance of close supervision on teens before violent tendencies get out of control. A U.S. government released questionnaire may help parents to thoroughly understanding teens' behaviors.
Families or parents give their assessments in the questionnaire based on the following factors:
1. "Aware[ness] of Each Other's Activities"
2. "Parent-Child Bonding"
Once parents better understand their teens, they are equipped to be of help to young people as early as possible.
Some Australian teens may not have gotten this necessary parental guidance. CNN reported that five male teens got arrested in the Australian city of Melbourne on Saturday. Allegedly, these teenagers connived in setting up the city's counterterrorism activity.
The age of the three out of five teens ranged from 18 to 19. According to the Australian Federal Police Department, these three individuals have been released from custody "pending further enquiries."
The other two men were allegedly detained under the Australian federal police force's custody. Sevdet Besim, 18, was detained for a terrorist criminal act and was not granted bail. A 19-year old teen under custody has not made an appearance in court yet, CNN reported.
The two 18-year-old teens allegedly planned the violent attack during Melbourne's ANZAC Day commemoration this month, according to Time magazine. ANZAC Day is the yearly commemoration of the April 25 Gallipoli landing in Melbourne.
Meanwhile, an 18-year-old from the group was arrested for dangerous weapons possession.
Australia Federal Police's acting deputy commissioner, Neil Gaughan, deemed that the group of teens worked with a terrorist organization. He said, "Some evidence that we have collected at a couple of the scenes and some other information we have leads us to believe that this particular matter was ISIS-inspired."
"Daesh death cult" is the formal term in reference to ISIS or the Islamic state terrorist group. ISIS is sometimes viewed as a prejudiced reference. Gaughan told the media, "At this stage, we have no information that it was a planned beheading. But there was reference to an attack on police,"
"Some evidence that we have collected at a couple of the scenes, and some other information we have, leads us to believe that this particular matter was ISIS-inspired," he added.
