People, it is time to take a stance against this new wave knife or gun crime. Without question, as a lad I thought it was fashionable to have one but the whole of our society must be held to account. We can no longer blame Gordon Brown for his inadequacies nor look to simply incarcerate our youngsters for our failings. We must first acknowledging our mistakes as a society that has encompassed the new age of not caring for the youth within this Great Country of ours.
The consequences of our inaction:
We as parents reward our children for doing wrong; we intervene when responsible adults try to correct them; we interfere with the educational system that nurtures our youth and spurn those teachers that dare to correct our ‘pride and joy’ at school. We’ve adopted and display road rage in front of them; Of course this be emulated by the youths!
On our buses or Tubes, our elderly are ignored, allowed to stand while the young sit and pick their teenage spots! Wow no sign of respect. British queues, the envy of the world eroded by the lack of consideration by others. Wow no respect. People live in fear helpless-if they say something it’s blown out of all proportion. Parents please remember you are indeed the custodians of their future!
Parent/Guardians/relatives and friends please refrain from buying inappropriate media such as violent DVD's, music by wannabe "gangstas" both here & in the US for underage kids.
Why do we tolerate graffiti in public areas, as ‘art’. Perpetrators of these crimes are allowed to go unchecked indeed we now seem to embrace the very things while our children look on and presume its their right to damage public property.
Remedial action:
• Boot camp for young tearaways without proper guidance or role models
• Community service after all there are lots of railings to paint, and inaccessible paths to repair
• Hospitals are short of porters to convey patients from A to B
• Corporal punishment must be reintroduced, obviously controlled, at all schools
• Embarrassing children through assembly to acknowledge their wrong doing and where applicable apologise.
This is everyone’s loss; I am concerned
R (Jul 14, 2008)
The consequences of our inaction:
We as parents reward our children for doing wrong; we intervene when responsible adults try to correct them; we interfere with the educational system that nurtures our youth and spurn those teachers that dare to correct our ‘pride and joy’ at school. We’ve adopted and display road rage in front of them; Of course this be emulated by the youths!
On our buses or Tubes, our elderly are ignored, allowed to stand while the young sit and pick their teenage spots! Wow no sign of respect. British queues, the envy of the world eroded by the lack of consideration by others. Wow no respect. People live in fear helpless-if they say something it’s blown out of all proportion. Parents please remember you are indeed the custodians of their future!
Parent/Guardians/relatives and friends please refrain from buying inappropriate media such as violent DVD's, music by wannabe "gangstas" both here & in the US for underage kids.
Why do we tolerate graffiti in public areas, as ‘art’. Perpetrators of these crimes are allowed to go unchecked indeed we now seem to embrace the very things while our children look on and presume its their right to damage public property.
Remedial action:
• Boot camp for young tearaways without proper guidance or role models
• Community service after all there are lots of railings to paint, and inaccessible paths to repair
• Hospitals are short of porters to convey patients from A to B
• Corporal punishment must be reintroduced, obviously controlled, at all schools
• Embarrassing children through assembly to acknowledge their wrong doing and where applicable apologise.