Why won't inner city youth do somethng positive with their lives rather than make trouble and complain?

Answer 1

They most likely don't know anything positive to do with their lives. Also, they may feel trapped in a cycle of poverty and crime in order to survive.
Social programs are not operated in such a way as to make people more self sufficient. They make people more dependent and less likely to try to get out of their predicament. If you don't have to work to get benefits, where is the incentive to try to do anything beyond what you are doing now?

Answer 2

Please do not classify all "inner city youth" as trouble makers and complainers, there are many positive individuals that come out of the inner city and a lot of inner city youths will grow up to be viable citizens. Instead of classifying them and saying what they have and don't have and how they were brought up and how they weren't brought up, maybe next time vote for issue on the ballot to give more money to after school programs and other programs that will show another way of life other than what the "inner city youths" might have already been exposed to. It is so easy to sit on the outside and look in, get up the nerve to to into the inner city, the inner city schools and see what, if any, difference your opinion, beliefs and help will assist. Not all of us "inner city youth" are trouble makers, or complainers, some of us are lawyers, judges, doctors, teachers, etc., we didn't all just sit and let our environment get the best of us and as such we should not be categorized.

Answer 3

You must understand that these youths usually come from deprived homes and council estates where you are "somebody" if you behave badly and that is a positive thing in their world.

They act in this way for a number of reasons, boredom, bad parenting, peer pressure, very little education so that the prospect of bettering themselves by getting a job is virtually nil,

This youth culture has grown to unimaginable heights in the last ten years there are no ground rules or cut off point this government have set new rules protecting all but the victim.

Answer 4

They don't seem to have any good role models these day's. they have no respect for other people and property and seem to think they are above the law. Perhaps if we had National Service for two years and it was compulsory, or deferred if they are in higher education that might help the situation a little.Sadly there is so many things going wrong in society today and so many things we all need to change to try to make this country a better place to live. They need to stop using their upbringing as an excuse poor or not PRIDE costs nothing they must learn that to get respect they have to give it.

Answer 5

Inner city youths that's what you call them in the US but here, we call them Area boys etc. These youths are the bye-products of societies that have become increasingly exclusive. That is that access to societal wealth has be appropriated by a few alienating the majority and thus creating a pool of frustrated, oppressed and angry youth.

What you therefore see as just making trouble and complaining is an expression of rebellion against an order that has emasculated them or do you want them to die in silence? That's the only way to be heard ok.

Answer 6

Its actually a little hard to understand it unless you are or have been in that position. When you have been raised a certain way and have known little else but poverty and spend your life learning how to just 'get by', Its very likely that you grow up with a certain attitude. Some overcome it, but others tend to believe that there is nothing they can do to get out of thier situation.
For ex: if a child spends his whole childhood being beaten and abused, then its very possible that that child will grow up thinking that that way of growing up was typical and normal, and possibly treat his own children the same way (although I am NOT saying this ALWAYS happens). Its a mind set. Its easy to stand on the sidelines, having grown up with supportive, loving parents, and judge.

Answer 7

It may be because they don't have a good roll model to guide them, or they won't listen to their roll model because they think they already know it all. It's a shame that some young people are so mislead that they just sort try one thing after another not knowing what to do. Sometimes they finally figure things out and sometimes they get in a lot of trouble. Hopefully they will find someone who cares enough about them to give them a helping hand. Sometimes that someone could be you and me. If we see anybody who seems lost, we could try to give them the guidance they need. Help them out in anyway we can. Their life is worth saving.

Answer 8

A lot of them are disadvantaged at an early age, and unless they have the natural ability to excel at school or a sport then standard concepts of success are harder (although still obtainable) for them to achieve. So they follow the example of local role models. Also, not enough work was done in disadvantaged areas of the UK to help people years ago and so we are reaping the problems now.

Answer 9

We can find a lot of excuses for them. But basically a high percentage are socially inadequate, lacking in morale fibre and inept at making decisions for themselves. One could say they have lost their self respect, if they ever had any to start with! The attitude of the world owes me; is other symptom. Please accept that this is a generalisation based on experience. The majority of young people are just that young people who listen discard ideas but grow up fine.

Answer 10

When your peer group are all at the bottom you will struggle to get off the bottom.
(certain people no matter how much we like them, and vice versa, are not always good for us, and it can be very difficult to break such bonds)

depression can put you into a constant cycle.
it is very difficult to find a way out of a cycle.
depression can be caused and fed by drugs, crime, unemployment, lack of social status. all of these can form a vicious cycle


some people are just not very bright. It's in their genes.