28 Apr 07
Originally posted by 1WhiteKnightI would say it is silly, really silly, to try to do this...trust parents....start with children age 16/17 and FORCE them into proper "parent" classes, "how to be a good parent" or something like that...children here (I am in London).... don;t get the examples from their parents...specially in the bigger cities...it is a small percentage who get it...too little.... another thing...it is "cool" for girls to smoke/drink...etc... it is so odd for me, being a South African, to see how the girls drink/smoke...it is a shame! Girls and young girls the same age in my country, won't do it....if they do, it is a few, you hardly know of it. One problem in this country....the schools, there are very little for the children to do after school, children get bored and that's what they do...party/get drunk...! specially in the cities...i'm not referring to children in the country side...on farms...etc. Look into other countries' education systems..Australia, South Africa...after school, about 90% of the children are involved in sport...any kind of sport...even athletics...athletics in primary schools here in the UK is a BIG JOKE! Ask me...i'm teaching...had my class taken by a group of people from "outside" to come and do athletics....cos of all the "health and safety" rules...it is a joke...you can't do it this way...you can't even call it athletics...
I read on the BBC website today about a call from some alcohol awareness charity to ban parents giving their children alcohol under the age of 15. As a child I was brought up on wine with water with most of my family meals. That was my parent’s choice in educating me in sensible drinking. I believe this approach had a positive effect. However my issue i ...[text shortened]... with the UK and life, or is the UK going mad, and/or is this happening all over the world? 😕