Teenage Offending

what an excellent comment, i totally agree with you young people of today dont seem to have any goals to strive for i remember asking one of my daughters school friends what she anted to do when she left school and it was dunno really i wanted to be a pe teacher but i think il prob get married when im 17 and have kids . Great! what aninspiration her mother must be to her, her mother prob did the same well i know she did! to be honest my daughter is only 11 and her job choice changes every week buti dont care as long as shehas one, has a goal to aim for. I agree with sitting and having the evening meal together too, by doing that i get to learn what my children have done at school see if there are any probs. Some children just sit alone in front of computer or eat in frontof telly where no conversation has taken place at all, if more people followed your example th worldwould be a muchbetter place and futurefor our young.

I am fifteen years old and i have never done anything against the law in my life, neither have any of my friends, i know hardly any teenagers who have. Adults just use teenagers as the escape goat when something goes wrong! Have you not noticed that adults murder,steal,rape- more than teenagers? I think its fair to say that adults are the worse for antisocial behaviour. And as for the parents being to blame, if a person has it in thier head not to listen, they are not going to- although your comment is fair and reasonable, and it is true that doing things together as a family does not happen anymore- its not always teenagers misbehaving. And I just wish more adults had the same attitude towards teenagers as you

well said that girl!!! i totally agree with you on the amount of adults commiting offences as well as teenagers. i can hear that you are a rounded responsible young person and i only wish like loopy said there were more teenagers like you!!

I have to 100% agree with you peggy. I am a single mother and on some benefits due to being a carer. My oldest is 14 and my yougest is 8 and this is what mine do. On Monday we have our sit down dinner the oldest goes to his youth club whilst the yougest and i do homework or time together, Tuesday- Karatie both of them one in the childs class the other in the adults class i go to the gym whilst they are there. Wednedsay- Cubs and Scouts, Thursday- Basketball class's again after each other whilst I pop to the gym. And Friday Karatie or as a nights break we can stay at home and have family time. We are never in. The weekends are lazy I must admit!! although during the hols we have plenty of things booked. Teenagers are great I love all of my oldest sons friends. Sophie you are so brave and right the teenagers that hang around and that get into trouble are in the minority not the majority. Well done for speaking up and I hope to see many post's of what you think well done girl. Peggy you are dead right and I am living prove I am on such a low budget like you wouldint believe in fact I couldint even afford to get a food shopping this week however we will use up what we have. However my sons are always so happy ,fit and caring. They love going to clubs and my oldest as a Scout help's the youger children in fact he arranged some games for them last week he is lovley and all the leaders and teachers say that to. In fact my yougest was showing me how to play twister this morning!! We always have a sit down meal everynight and we love it in fact sometimes we are chatting that much that we have forgotten the time and that we are finished our dinner. You are so right Peggy it doesnt matter how much money you do or dont have as manners dont cost a thing.

it must be great on benefits cause everythings free and you get so much help. but if you work and a taxpayer like myself it costs a fortune for all the activites for kids, i seem to pay for everyone else. when ever my children join anywhere its "are you on any benefits?" "no, oh thats full price then". why does everyone seem to think working people have loads of money i have less then people on benefits, and i know that cause i have friends on benefits that are better off than me. they should make all activites for under 16 free. there are only a handful of school activites that are free, everything else load of money!!!! playing twister i think has to be the best option!!!

What clubs are free! Hey no one told me that if you are on benifits you get clubs free!!!!!!!!!! I dont smoke, drink or have a car to run I dont have a morgage to pay so I suppose I am better off. Slightly!!!. I pay about £40 a week on clubs and £100-£120 a week on shopping £ 30 on gas and electric per week so you try paying that of £250 wkly!!!!!!!!!!!!! some weekends I am so strapped for cash i need to borrow the pocket money I gave my children that week so I can by milk and bread for the weekend. My outgoings are more than my income so no its crap being on benifits. I need to walk sometimes to the clubs and one is a mile away so no i wouldint wish it on anyone.

Adults have never made a spite out of me, but seniors certainly have. Seniors have critisised me and my friends countless times and I am sick of it. I have been brought up in a fairly wealthy family and my parents have disciplined me and I've had good education. MY parents took me and my brother EVERYWHERE with them, and it wasn't the only odd trip to the park, they took us abroad countless times. I am not troublesome but I am certainly more mouthy now as I used to be, and who is to blame? The pensioners. No wonder some teens are seen as anti-social because adults and seniors critisise them 24/7, so anybody who does this, don't complain when teenagers get lippy back! Anyway, since having travelled all my life, I have learned to develop the love of learning languages and travel, which can take me very far, my dad had taught me how to draw, although I had got the skills from his sides anyway. I am currently in college and making the best out of my life, I don't want to be a druggie, or a drunk like some disobedient teenagers - not all teenagers are like that so don't judge them all.