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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
I keep hearing about how it is us bad parents to blame for everything and we should exercise more control over our kids. Could someone actually tell me how this control is to be had as over the last 10 years parents have been made basically impotent by this government and do good organisations.
Also did your parents know exactly where you were all the time when you were a teenager and what you were doing. i had good parents but it didn't stop me being a little sod when i was out and about with my friends.
What has changed and what is fueling this is a change in what is seen as "being cool" also the more agressive and disruptive kids seem to hold greater sway over other kids then they did in my day.
It is an old thing but one force must have a counterforce to keep it under control and that is where the problem is now there is no counterforce. Christ when i was a kid if i did something wrong i would get a clip round the ear off a copper no paperwork no running me to the station and you know what it worked i didn't do the same thing twice and i actually respected that copper a bit more.
We live in a world that is moving so fast and media are having a massively larger impact on the youth of today far more then they had when i was young and thats where we need to start looking.
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It's far from ALL parents which are to blame but a significant proportion. I would agree that parents and adults in general have a much bigger problem now than ever before but that is primarily because the liberal PC brigade have successfully ensured that the youths have been made fully aware of their rights but NOT their responsibilities. The pressure on both parents to work and the fact that so many families have no permanent male role model are additional factors but don't excuse the fact that too many parents have simply absolved themselves of any responsibility for their offspring.