| With over 27% increase in the number of children and | | | | school, children will believe it only applies to school! |
| youths convicted or cautioned in England and Wales, | | | | After all, if you are told at school that you cannot |
| what should we do about it? The government | | | | leave a desk or table without permission, or that you |
| appears paralyzed about tackling this problem | | | | are not allowed to interrupt while someone is already |
| effectively with initiatives on this and initiatives on that | | | | talking but this is not enforced at home, then it is not |
| but never getting to the root of the problem. | | | | long before a child believes that those rules must only |
| As a society we need to handle youth crime better, | | | | apply at school. |
| but how? Sadly discipline should begin at home but all | | | | Below are some options that are being considered and |
| too often it is left to schools to try and teach children | | | | discussed as an alternative way to deal with |
| conformity to the rule of law but if that same discipline | | | | out-of-control youth crime in the UK. |
| is not in place at home as well, whatever they learn at | | | | |