There's something missing, isn't there?

Question

its called an affordable home...

Meantime, there's "one million homeless teens on the streets in America - having to prostitute themselves to make enough to eat..."

In the UK, teens are being alientated - they're called "yobs"... they're drinking themselves to death, doing drugs to escape the harsh reality of being unable to get a place of their own...

"Bring back Capital punishment" some say.

I say: Do you care about kids - enough to want to help them?

Here's how:

Follow this link for FREE downloads of info:

http://www.the-alternative.org.uk

At least read: Project it

Answer 1

Yet another example of the immediate consequences of overpopulation.

Answer 2

Our World needs to address the problems we all share,or there will be nothing left for a future.

Answer 3

I think the US needs to take care of it's own people before worrying over the problems of others.  Poor people have always been talked about badly and treated less than human, as our homeless ones.  The US has cut many programs for poor people to fund the war in Iraq.  It's not right.  They have sent all our good jobs overseas and continue to do so.  People who would have done well, say in 1970 they worked factory jobs such as the Ford plant or Colgate, those jobs are a thing of the past.  We need our jobs back in the United States.

Answer 4

America is fortunate to have 'only' 1 million kids on the street. What about Africa? Aids is killing parents and relatives so quickly that kids of age 10 - 13 (and older) end up as s*x workers to survive. Or they may end up working in diamond or gold mines as cheap labour (read child labour). These kids have no means to further their education and thus their quality of life and will probably die before they turn 16. To the kids doing drugs and 'drinking themselves to death'...think of others who are worse off than you are!

Answer 5

'Bear' is correct--education is the key.

Answer 6

i agree totally with this, America and Britain are too caught up in everyone elses worries that they seldom have time for themselves! Gordon Brown is continuing to make people fight for their country when really, the country needs fighting for!

he is too concerned about the big powerful issues, to even think about teenage mums, drug-takers and homeless people, he should ask himself, "why am i the prime minister of England when most of the issues i deal with are about 10 thousand miles away" (or there abouts).......

something needs to be done, and fast

Answer 7

yes something is missing...... the parents! years ago it took a whole village to raise a child. now..... it's one parent. children are to rude. when i was growing up, you think i could of answered back my father or mother. now children do what they want,if the parent corrects them they call the police. the police say it's abuse, i call it correcting and proper guidance to becoming a responsible adult. if not what guidelines can they pass on to their children,right now is only monsters being bred.who can they look up to...no one.

Answer 8

They need to start helping themselves,by getting an education.

Answer 9

I think that young people's expectations are much higher than ours were. I moved out of my parents place right after high school and was able to afford the basics - room and board. But I shared a place with 3 other people. I had no TV, no stereo, no computer, and I seldom went shopping. I bought my clothes at thrift stores and borrowed money for college.

It seems to me that the idea of what constitutes "the basics" has become really inflated.

Answer 10

Follow

http://www.angelfire.com/realm3/accord

You will find what is missing, why it is missing and how it can be cured.

But it a serious read. It must be read carefully and with the brain fully running.

Answer 11

Education, education, education.

And not just for the kids - some parents need educating too !

No-one should make sweeping generalisations -not ALL teens who drink themselves stupid are doing it to "escape". Some of them just do it to be in with what they perceive as the "in" crowd.

Answer 12

You have identified a disturbing thing.

   Dad told me that my generation had a harder time  just   getting the basics. That was ten years ago.

    Now I look at some of what younger people have to do just to get a few basics and its heavy going.

    And they get the blame for all sorts which they did not create.

Answer 13

If kid don't want to toe the line and live with their parents for whatever reason,(obviosly there are exceptions,child abuse,violence etc) but often young adults are just not willing to accept house rules and restrictions.

If it is the case that they just want out, then they must be prepared to accept the big bad world that exists outside Mum and Dads front door

Answer 14

Sorry to say, but it's not the government's fault there are so many homeless teens, it's their parents' fault, yet we expect our government to fix it as if it were their responsibility in the first place.  We have to stop thinking that putting 'band-aids' on problems is considered fixing them.  We have to go back to raising our kids properly, being good parents, providing the physical and emotional necessities of life.  Crime, homelessness, prostitution, etc are all SYMPTOMS we have to prevent, not problems we have to fix.  However, the world is in a mess and we should all do our share to help those who were raised at a huge disadvantage.  Money and a home is a start, but that's all it is.  By the time you're on the street you have no self-esteem and you will never get back on your feet without it, no matter how much money someone throws at you.  When we do help by providing shelter and food we should also provide counselling or therapy to help them for what they have not only been through on the streets, but with what put them there in the first place.  It's a never-ending, vicious cycle that has to stop with those who are neglecting their kids.  The government, if it truly wants to help, should set up homeless shelters that actually look and feel like nice homes, have a dietitcian on staff to teach people how to eat well (this helps you think clearly), a counsellor to talk to, perhaps even some art therapy, social nights.  It can be done and if I had an extra million dollars I would create places where people can go to for just more than their basic needs.  People need to feel good about themselves and to be happy in order to create satisfying lives for themselves.  Peace and love.