http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles /news/news.html?in_article_id=442450&in_page_i d=1770
Go back 40 years - look at the Mods and Rockers kids today are nothing in comparison, so says oneeyedvic. Perhaps he sould read the above link.
It is obvious this person is far too young to have any idea of how kids where in the past. The Mods & Rockers where indeed a wild bunch and not against having a punch up, when they met up, but by todays standards they where angels. Incidentally Mods & Rockers were youths of 17 onwards not the vilolent little thugs (boys and girls alike), we see today.
It is indeed all down to inadequate parenting. We all come into this world the same way. Some will say it is down to the lack of opportunities, poor environment, etc.etc. All the usual reasons that are constantly wheeled out by the PC Brigade. What a lot of rubbish, years ago conditions where alot worse. Very poor housing, no benefits then to support the jobless families, no family allowance, no NHS to call on when there was illness, yet the kids where bought up to show respect, and pity you if you brought any trouble home to your family. And if some did fall by the wayside, there was then the full force of the law to take care of them, cuff across the ear by the local copper, Borstal, harsh prison sentences, and the ultimate capital punishment.
It is how we are trained from an early age that makes the difference. Today we see very little disipline and respect for others taught by some parents. Ask any head teacher that has to deal on a daily basis with vilolent parents, when their little off-spring has been punished in someway for being unruly. No one in authority has any powers these days to disipline unruliness in youngsters, whether it is by the police, park wardens or teachers.
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