This week, a mother shopped her daughter to the police because while watching the riots on TV, the daughter appeared, to the mum's horror. Fair play to the mother, who was quite rightly disgusted and appalled at the actions of her daughter. This is an example of a parent doing the right thing.
Contrast this with the reactions of other parents. An 11-year-old girl joined thugs in stoning shop windows. She had travelled 16 miles from her home to join in with the mayhem in Nottingham. Magistrates gave her a nine-month referral order. So, the sentence was "behave yourself for 9 months". Outside the court she pulled her hood tight to hide her face, while her father hurled abuse at photographers. I rather suspect that the father is a bigger twat and waste of space than his delinquent daughter.
Over in Manchester, a boy of 12, who'd looted a bottle of wine from Sainsbury's, was in a Youth Court, admitting "I did the wrong thing". So, after some idiocy, he at least recognised the error of his ways. However, outside the court his mum screamed at photographers, "Watch your fucking face!" as she ran off. The boy got his nine-month referral order, while his responsible and articulate mother proved herself to be a useless, horrible shit.
It seems to me that these kids are woefully short of guidance from parents, and are likely to progress towards committing other crimes in future years unless they recognise the errors of their ways, and make an effort to become useful members of society. That will be hard when their parents set such low standards, which the whole family then fails to meet. The parents, of course, are probably lost causes; they need some sort of nine-month order themselves, whereby they get a sense of control, responsibility and discipline instilled, and take a step forward in being of some use to society. That way, they are worth the oxygen they use.
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