And lets say for arguments sake that they are not doing anything wrong or abusing anyone . . .
Would you talk to them?
Has anyone ever done this?
I know its likely cos of my job but I do - I ask them what they are doing, why they are not doing anything constructive etc . . .
Some of them are really insightful about the problems young people face and could tell the governement a lot!
Anyone else?
2007-08-28 01:37:36 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
pink thong they're children not wild animals or escaped convicts, you can't tar them all with the bad brush.
2007-08-28 01:48:19 · update #1
justme
they already do - google the coldingly crime diversion scheme
2007-08-28 02:33:54 · update #2
Unfortunately these days, because of the adverse publicity young people tend to get, most people would be wary about approaching a group of youngsters, for fear of abuse.
You are right though, we should make an effort to talk to them, as they're not all wee thugs.
Jack H - where are you from?
2007-08-28 04:35:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally would speak to them unless they appeared to be out for trouble. This is obviously a n extremely controversial subject. More often than not i would assume that they are literally hanging together as friends do. They should not all be tarred with the same brush. where i live every one is friendly and everyone tends to know everyone else . I know most of the young ones through my daughters and through owning a shop previously. I can understand how elderly people or people younger than the groups members may be wary/
2007-08-28 01:53:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is wrong ! You need help ! i would say too them that they either stop it or you are leaving ! Woh carees if you have no friends for 1 year ?? I Had no friends for 1 year now i am the popular 1 :) ( Although me and my mates sometimes drink and smokee at ages 11-15) But onli sometimes <------ I think you should stop hanging rounf with them rather than waste your life !! You wil be able to drink have sex party and all that when your older ! Focus on education so you can get a job and pay enouhg money for drink and drugs and smoking when you are older ! M advice leave them and find a better group were you are wanted as who you are not as who they want oyu to be !!
2016-04-02 03:17:33 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know quite a few of them and their history so I do
say hello to them and do like to have a friendly approach.
For people that do not know them they would find them intimidating, as they are usually hooded and stand by
the shops with a can in their hand. And I mean this truthfully before anyone thinks I am 'making assumptions' about them. But I guess this is the same the world over.
I do agree that the government should take more notice, but
I would not go as far as David Cameron when he suggests
we hug a hoody!!
2007-08-28 01:47:24 · answer #4 · answered by Minxy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I don't see why not.
When people view youths as dirt and class them all the same it can be very stressful and 9 times out of 10 when you view something as bad no doubt they will act like that simply because that's what we expect of them. Some youths are just lost and need some guidance but if we are scared to approach them how will they get and learn to interact.
2007-08-28 02:00:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went to a progressive education school. A lot of the kids were screwed up. I was one. I wouldn't go to ordinary school. Many were kids who got into trouble, but by the time we were 16 we were just normal kids. I'm 60 now, those were the best days of my life. A well known pedagog (teacher of children) called A.S.Neil once said, "there are no problem children, just problem parents". Perhaps he had a point there.
2007-08-28 01:51:56 · answer #6 · answered by soñador 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I avoid them. I don't trust a group of teens. They have no judgement and follow the leader of their group. So if their leader decides to do something violent or intimating, they will likely join in.
I think they shouldn't be allowed to loiter in public areas, ever.
I don't think they have valid opinions. They haven't really lived yet. They are pretty blind about the realities of life.
I guess we all needed to got through that. But at that age, I knew I really shouldn't have much credibility. I knew I would have to earn it.
Thanks for asking a more unique question.
2007-08-28 01:53:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why? If a random person walked up to you and started talking, would you feel your space has been invaded? And talking to them just because you think you can do good in your own sanctamonious little world, then don't be too surprised if one of them does rare up on you. You only want to get brownie points for your job. In fact, scrap that-talk to them and see whappens. Maybe they are just sitting about having fun with their friends in the summer holidays, you donut.
2007-08-28 01:56:34 · answer #8 · answered by johnstonemac 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the problem with the world is that everyone is always busy. People need to take time and think, especially when they are growing up when their brains are forming.
I wouldn't try to talk to young people because they would not be interested in anything a older person has to say. We aren't cool.
2007-08-28 01:43:29 · answer #9 · answered by wisemancumth 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can't say that I do. More often than not if I see a group of youths hanging around they'll ask me if I have a cigarette they can borrow. They always ask to "borrow" one, but I never get them back!
Most youths are decent people. Yes, some are rotten to the core, but many are good.
2007-08-28 01:46:42 · answer #10 · answered by ♥ Divine ♥ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋