[Margaret Pilkington]

Politicians are always talking about 'Basic Values' but they wouldn't know a basic value if it bit them on the nose.
Basic Values were when the local bobby would give you a clip round the earhole, then take you home and tell your parents.....and you would get another for bringing disgrace on the family.......there is no shame or disgrace in any bad behaviour today......instead youngsters see it as being almost laudable.

Basic Values were when you were given the cane at school and then went home and told your parents and you would get it again for being in need of punishment at school.

This was how we were treated as children, and far from causing us lasting damage, it taught us that whatever you do, there are consequences......if you don't want to pay the price then you kept out of trouble.

Maybe some children are badly behaved because they do not get enough attention......if you are in trouble all the time at least you have a couple of folk on your case....trouble is they are social workers with heads full of jolly robins.