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Take up football as a hobby. And use their car as a goal post. The mother will soon have her kids stop when she knows the damage it does. Or call the police.. sup' to you. :not_ripe:

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I'm suggesting you debate the options available as you are doing. We've had lots of damage done to the rear of the block around the entrance door, and because the culprits were children of the guy in the next block and their friends i ignored them in the end. I phoned the police to come out but thats was all I'd do.It wasn't our property they were damaging but it still hurt us cos were the ones who have to live here. Luckily they've gone now, and any kids I do see. I tell to get lost. Usually if they're going to do any damage it's after they think you've gone in, and when they are still in a group. I usually hang around but keep at a safe distance. I suppose we're lucky here though cos we live opposite a pub, on a quiet street in a quiet town. we don't live on an estate. http://www.atherstonebooktown.com/

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The problem is that those kids think they have a right to play football on the street outside their house. The haven't been tought right from wrong so think it's ok for the ball to hit your car. If you try to teach them right from wrong you'll probably have their parents on at you, and the kids cos they think, they desserve respect even though they are giving you non. It's all about parents and upbringing, as well as community attitude to it.
In my opinion community attitude and civic pride are vital in teaching parents and kids to respect their neighbours, their property, their own property, and the estate in general.
It's alright mr blair saying he's going to do this that and the other, while he sits in his nice posh house with security guards. In the real world his policies don't fix the problems.
Schools that can dissipiline would be a start, and teachers being able to feel safe to tell kids off, knowing their parents aren't going to come to the school and punch them for it. Who's fault, the schools for letting it happen, the governments for not backing the schools and teachers up, or the parents.
Giving kids something to do would be another good start and not a comunitty centre thats only there for a year cos funding runs out.
What I can't understand is this. Theres been loasds of study of troublesome teens over the years, and things that help sort the problems are well know, but hardly ever done, instea we get silly government polocies that don't tackle the real problem.

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:) Willow I think that Mad is trying to say that the way the coumminuty itself has allowed these changes, (whether in school, street, parks or the home,) is an indicment on the way that "SOME KIDS OF TODAY" do not know what it is to EARN respect and GIVE respect [BUT they do expect to RECIEVE respect and not have to GIVE respect] as the parents don't want/have respect.

Having read this thread and some of the posts have points for both sides (young/ old respect/ disrespect) and I'm just hoping that the postings will continue and that through this post some of the younger members may become nosey enough to look via the internet at information about why Gt Britian went to war in the 1914-1918 [The War to end all Wars] and then again 1939-1945 (lets not forget the people that suffered in the Far East)!


Maybe WE elders may have to look at how WE percive our young members and maybe we could have some sort of dialog with the younger members AND learn about what it is like to be a teenager in the 21st century.


Just a thought folks :engsmil:

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Willow I agree whole-heartedly with you about schools, parents etc not being allowed to punish kids for doing wrong and it is wrong that we can not protect our own property without having to be pulled into court over alleged assault charges.

I think that this has come about thanks to the PC brigade and do-goodies that don't have the problem that we have.

I also think that the party in charge will never rescind a bill so that some form of punishment can be metered out in order for schools, parents etc to regain control

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yep thats what I meant.

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There are good kid's bad kid's and kid's that are somewere in-between.
Just as there have always been.
The problem is because teacher's,police and parents no longer have any Authority or controle, because of the stupid laws, that are now in place.
Now the bad kids are worse and the ones that are more mischeif makers than bad are worse simply because they know they can do it and get away with It.
There is good and bad in all of us kids included.

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