Says Eddie Jacob, assistant director of a halfway house for teens in Singapore: “The bottom line is dysfunctional homes — where the parents may be divorced, or where you have single parents, or where both parents are working and the kids become neglected.
कुछ लोग नौकरीपेशा माताओं, बढ़ते तलाकों, और जीवन में भौतिकवादी मनोवृत्ति को इस समस्या का ज़िम्मेदार ठहराते हैं ।