Tuesday, January 31, 2012

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Parents who failed to put their children to bed on time are accused of causing London riots

and I would NEVER read the daily mail ........ but they say .....

Parents who neglect basic duties such as preparing meals and enforcing bedtimes are breeding a feckless ‘underclass’ who cause mayhem on the nation’s streets, it was claimed yesterday.

Charlie Taylor, the Government’s behaviour tsar, criticised homes with ‘little conversation’ where children as young as eight are left to fend for themselves at mealtimes and play on the computer late into the night.

Many of these youngsters end up ‘out on the streets’ by their early teens, he said. Some of the rioters responsible for wreaking havoc during last summer’s disturbances in cities around Britain came from homes where mothers and fathers fail to perform ‘the most basic of parenting duties’, he added.

Riots: Mr Taylor claims bad parenting is to blame for the scenes in London last summer

Riots: Mr Taylor claims bad parenting is to blame for the scenes in London last summer

In a speech today, Mr Taylor also claimed that centres meant to educate school drop-outs were ‘little more than holding pens’ where youngsters play pool and surf Facebook.

He said some poorly-run alternative education units left youngsters prey to the lure of local gangs who provided a ‘sense of belonging’.