As with many things in life it is the negative aspects that get the headlines.The youth of today are mostly far better behaved than those of 50 yeas ago.It only takes small numbers with an eye for seeking publicity to give an entirely incorrect perception.

I agree, my natural son is at Uni, he hasn’t got a bad bone in his body, everyone loves him, he’s never been a problem, apart from some dope smoking incidents that he at least was prepared to admit and talk about without any prompting. All his mates and associates are fantastic, friendly, lovely kids. Even some of the bad guys that were around when he was younger have always been approachable and we’ve remained good pals, it’s all down to attitude on both sides.
Now I’m an old git with a young partner, she’s 34 and I’m 56, her son is 13, in theory I could be his grandad, but fortunatley, he doesn’t see it that way and we are right good old mates.
He’s far older than his years and a right Goth, but so are all his mates, and a real good bunch they are too.
I’ve been very involved with kids for the last 20 years, I used to be a Scout leader, but this is where the buck stops.
The kids coming up into scouts 5 years ago were awfull, all they wanted to do was play football, no interest in anything else.
In the end me and my mate packed it in, mind you, a few Health and Safety issues involving these W##### put an end to it all, we were’nt prepared to be sued by a load of rebrobate, middle class parents who couldn’t understand that their kids were’nt perfect, being hauled up into tribunals by these so called principled a#######s was not much fun.
Sad, I loved being involved with the scouts, and I really miss the adventures we used to have and I’m getting a bit twitchy, especially when it’s the 100th anniversary of scouting this year, take the p### if you like, there must be some decent scouts out there though.