We have only to switch on the television or look at a newspaper to see that every day there are a whole load of youngsters either ganging up on their teachers, vandalizing public or even private property and generally giving the impression of being completely out of control. Much more crimes are committed by the youth of today and it slowly seems to be getting more and more out of hand.

Teachers have real problems handling their classes and in some cases have even been put at risk by assaults from their students. This is something that was nearly unheard of about 50 years ago but yet now has become commonplace in oh too many schools and colleges.

One wonders why this is happening and I can only think to say that it all stems from the discipline or better said lack of discipline that they have received from within their homes. Nowadays both parents usually work and between them have far less time in which to dedicate to their children and when they do have some they are so tired that rather than muster up the energy to try and correct their children's ways, steer them in the right direction and teach them values and manners, they just give in and let them do or say what they want.

It is a fault of the parents but at the same time it isn't completely their fault either because they are just too tired at the end of a day,  so it occurs to me that maybe the whole system needs to be changed around in that our work hours should be changed to make allowances for the changed working world in which now women, who in most cases are also mothers, work just as hard as men and are deprived of having the necessary time that both them and their children need.

There has often been talk of reducing the working week by giving Fridays off but maybe a better answer would be for firstly yes to be able to have Fridays off for those that chose that option but secondly for the people who wanted to, instead of having Friday off, to be able to cut down the hours that they worked during each week thus giving them a shorter working day.

This way both parents could be at home a little earlier each day, they would not be quite so tired and they could dedicate to their children the extra time that they had gained.  Maybe they could all do something together as a family unit and be able to talk and also listen to their children.

The children of today are nearly all left to their own devices as from mid afternoon when their school day comes to a finish and during which time they lock themselves away with their computers and other technological toys which on top of it is where they can find violent games and gruesome ideas and so they haven't really had a chance to learn how to interact well with other people of their own age and even less with adults.  But eventhough they don't interact well they are still allowed to go out and do things at a much younger age than their parents did.

At any rate, I hope that something can be done to improve the situation because there is nothing nicer than seeing well mannered youngsters.  But having said all this I also think that us adults don't help them that much either as our whole world has become more violent than ever and you would think that we would start to learn from past mistakes but as they say it is only humans who hit a rock twice!!!