An immoral lifestyle of parents, drunkenness, and failure to provide for a child's basic needs are the most common reasons for declaring minors to be in a socially dangerous situation.

There are also those who, shamefully aware of the perniciousness of their lifestyle, lack the willpower to fully reform. Treatment for addiction, resolving employment issues, and proper childcare in their cases alternate with relapses into habitual negative behaviors.

— It is important not only to recognize one's mistakes but also to resolutely correct them, — emphasized the Deputy Chairperson of the Commission for Minors' Affairs, Tatyana Chesnokova, during a conversation with one of the unfortunate mothers. — The commission's task is to protect minors from the weakness and irresponsibility of their closest adults. And if the latter do not firmly embark on the path of correction, they risk losing the opportunity to raise their children independently.