howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#21
spot on paul, in a hundred years the script will still be the same - add to that parents telling their children how well off they are compared to their day.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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#22
Assaults always happened but the punishments were more meaningful:
Maria JOHNSON (15) a servant from Woodnesborough, left "Barnswell" chapel Sunday evening next before Christmas 1896. 3 youths accosted her in Staple - Harry JOINER (17), GARLINGE (16), and ---- . Detail given. JOINER and GARLING given 1 month imprisonment (Bygone Kent May 1995, pp.283-284 by M.Weller)
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#23
I'm not saying that there isnt stuff out there that the young kids can do, but its always nice to hear about other stuff they can do.
Just know that a lot of parents struggle to make ends meet so sports equipment is not a high priority.
#24
True that some seek mischief over entertainment, but given the wide variety of backgrounds and social systems "young people" come from, there has to be more than a one-size-fits-all approach. I have known some right toerags who have grown up into fabulous, socially conscious, contributing adults because they had the right attention at the right time!!
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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#25
"at the right time" = "before it was too late."
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson