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**Maggy** · 29-06-2007, 12:53

AHEM!

The vast majority of teenagers are NOT in gangs,are NOT carrying weapons,DO attend school/college regularly,ARE in LOVING families and MOST of them are NOT hanging around street corners.

Let's not run away with the idea that we are dealing with huge numbers.The percentage of so called feral youth are very tiny compared to those who are upright members of their communities.

IF we actually PRAISED those teenagers who are behaving well a lot more, I think we might be employing our time much better and maybe we can encourage them to stay on the right side of the law, instead of terrifying our teenage population into carrying weapons because the media over-hypes the dangers of the streets so they feel they MUST tool up 'just in case'.

29-06-2007, 12:53	#10
Maggy The Invisible Woman Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: between Portsmouth and Southampton. Age: 72 Services: VM XL TV,50 MB VM BB,VM landline, Tivo Posts: 40,344	Re: A new underclass? AHEM! The vast majority of teenagers are NOT in gangs,are NOT carrying weapons,DO attend school/college regularly,ARE in LOVING families and MOST of them are NOT hanging around street corners. Let's not run away with the idea that we are dealing with huge numbers.The percentage of so called feral youth are very tiny compared to those who are upright members of their communities. IF we actually PRAISED those teenagers who are behaving well a lot more, I think we might be employing our time much better and maybe we can encourage them to stay on the right side of the law, instead of terrifying our teenage population into carrying weapons because the media over-hypes the dangers of the streets so they feel they MUST tool up 'just in case'. __________________ Hell is empty and all the devils are here. Shakespeare..