What is the world coming to

[Mochamoos]

BBC NEWS | England | London | UK girls in Ghana drugs arrests


They are 16 years old! What on earth is happening to kids?

[RLJ]

Its already happened Moch, Children are not children anymore. Their innocence is exploited. I feel utter despair at the way the world is too and what our children and more importantly our grandchildren are growing up in. And i can only feel it is going to get worse.

[Happyolddog]

Hi Moucha,

In my oppinion the problem nowdays, nevermind the breakdown of families or the influence of the media. The underlying problems have to be greed an envy. Everybody wants somthing and too many wont stop at anything to gain what they desire. Street crime grows daily. These kids seen this drugs run as an easy buck. The culture of 'I want it now' has gripped the young people of the developed world and I cannot see anything that will change the situation.
We can only hope things will change for the better someday soon.

Best wishes,
Hod..Liam..

[Mochamoos]

I am only 10 years older than these girls and It really does feel like I grew up in a completely different age altogether.

Jeez, its quiet scary. What on earth was going through their brains when they said yes I will run your drugs for you. I know its a I want it now culture, but really, they must have throught it through and considered what could happen.

And... where are their parents? What are 2 16 year old girl doing traveling through Ghana by themselves?

[Paradox]

I am only 10 years older than these girls and It really does feel like I grew up in a completely different age altogether.

I have to agree Mocha. You and I are around the same age, but I have a totally different outlook on life to some of these little ba****ds I see about. I actually respect those of older generations, the police, and authourity in general.

I agree that there is an I want it now culture, but my parents brought me up to make sure I had the money for things before I bought them. I've not really done anything (majorly) illegal in my life and I don't intend to start now.

I'll get back in my box now

Matt

[enaid]

Well they won't get Community Service over there will they?

[theGobbyOne]

Instead of slating them maybe we should ask ourselves why society in general has gone to the dogs...............people in glass houses shouldnt throw stones.........As a society nowadays who really gives a sh*t as long as its not in 'my backyard'so to speak..............It is society that is to blame for it and remember they are 16 ffs............kids lured into a very very adult world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[theGobbyOne]

And... where are their parents? What are 2 16 year old girl doing traveling through Ghana by themselves?

The poor unsuspecting parents thought they were in France on a school trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RLJ]

Exactly my feelings gobby, and there is nothing more to blame than the very place we are now. The internet! Also TV. I'm sure when the internet was born nobody could see the destruction it would do.

[Delta]

I'm a 30 something mother of 2, and I don't mind admitting that I am scared of what is around the corner for my kids.

There just seems to be no respect these days, they took competative sport out of school so that no one loses.... how the hell does that help them in a real world? They have dumbed down the exams etc to meet the lowest common demoninator.. how does that help them? Have seen some of the stuff they are doing in school, and they teach them to pass exams not teach them the subject. (gonna spend a lot of time with my kids over the holidays teaching them stuff)

They took the shame away from having children out of wedlock.... and now the children of those children are having their own.... laying on your back producing child after child should not be an employment opportunity.

It's all a want it now, but I aint gonna work for it attitude these days, it stinks, yes I am a single mum, but the father of my children is dead, I worked all my life from leaving school upto having my first, then I have worked part time, I sure wish that I had a plasma tv and my kids in designer sports wear, I just wish that I could afford to replace my falling apart jeans!

Andrew has worn through his school shoes, and so he has to go to school in his trainers, there is no way I am buying school shoes two weeks away from breaking up..... not the way that child grows, I just can't afford to throw the money away.

Anyway, enough of my rants, gonna go rummage through the cupboard to see what I can put with the pasta for tea!

[PJ69]

They took the shame away from having children out of wedlock.... and now the children of those children are having their own.... laying on your back producing child after child should not be an employment opportunity.

Whoah, now hold on a minute! What's wrong with having children out of wedlock?? Marriage is not the be all and end all of society - how many relationships end up in divorce these days anyway? Both my children were born out of wedlock, but I was in a long relationship with their dad [15 years, not that that matters even if I wasn't] - granted we're not together now, but my children are NOT and employment opportunity - I work hard to give my children what they need, and so does their father, and we've raised them to respect others, and themselves, and have taught them that they have to work hard to achieve what they want in life.

I'm sorry, but I'm shaking with anger at such an off the cuff comment!!

[iancognito]

Cool down PJ, even you have to admit you are an exception to the rule.

It's a well known fact that for years now kids have been having kids and been given houses, benefits, furniture, clothes and even holidays on the state. Plenty near me are in the pub all hours while their kids roam the streets doing god knows what.

My step daughter, at 25 lives with her partner of 10 years+ in a one bedroomed council flat, both work but don't earn enough for the housing ladder, they want to do things properly, get a house then have the family (not necessarily in wedlock) but will the council give them a house? no, they're all going to 16 year old single parents, winds me up.

We don't tar everybody with the same brush - just the majority that deserve it.

I ran a youth club for the local kids for as long as the funding lasted and I know if they have something to do it keeps them out of trouble, that isn't just for the state to provide but for the community in general and especially the parents. I gave 12 years to the Guide Association too, gave me a lot of satisfaction and kept a lot of young girls out of trouble - for a while anyway!

[PJ69]

Yes I do appreciate what you're saying Ian, but the majority you're talking about are kids barely out of school, if at all - there is a great number of happy families these days where the parents are cohabiting, and not married - its the emphasis on wedlock that ****ed me off, my point being that being married doesn't make any difference to how the kids are raised.

[Delta]

PJ, I am sorry it came out wrong, what I meant was all these young girls that leave school and make a career out of getting pregnant, some of them even before they leave school. With 4 kids to 4 different fathers and can't remember the names of at least 3 of them! It was more the feckless kids that aspire to be a single mum that I get more annoyed with.

I wasn't married to my husband when I got pregnant with Victoria, we got married 6 months after she was born, but we had been together for 6 years at that point and were married for 7 years.

I apologise for the way that it came out, I didn't meant to upset anyone'

Jo

[Amethyst]

lol Jan - Guides got me into more trouble than it kept me out of...but then we did go on rather an excessive number of jamborees and camps with random scout troops : and I do love tents.....


oh and I don't think it matters if you are married or not, as to how your kids turn out. Where you live, your 'freinds', the community, the media, education and the government have more to answer for IMO.