the root causes
Paul1405,
Anarchists & a host of other parasites unwilling to do their share i.e. Woke leftist indoctrinated mindless hangers-on with Uni degrees yes, what do you suggest should be done with them to restore them to being acceptable human beings ?

If you're a kid that goes through some kind of family trauma at an early age
Then those damaged kids will develop a 'dgf' attitude.
It's a protection mechanism, 'you can't beat dgf'.
- Doesn't really matter what you do to them, they 'don't care'
Unfairness is all they know.

If you take a velvet glove approach with punishment of the 'dgf' kids, they become emboldened by it, they think they got away with it;
Think they are smarter than all the adults, that adults are a pushover and that they can manipulate the system - and they still 'dgf';
- And then they go out and do more worse stuff anyway.

The problem with being one of those kids is that 'dgf' might be a protection mechanism when they're young;
- But it will only take one so far, and when they start to get a bit older, into their teens and actually do need to 'gf' and make good choices for themselves, they don't know how.

If you treat them too harshly, then I guess it probably just reinforces whatever feelings they already have about the world, in that things 'aren't fair' for them - and never were.

Eventually what you end up with is the Leadbetters.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-08/hit-and-run-pregnant-couple-alexandra-hills-brisbane-leadbetter/101135384

I don't know how you reach these kids with what's eating them inside
But if you poke and prod around and try to understand the cause of their trauma, which likely happened years earlier, they're likely to become hostile, just for pushing them to address that past.

I don't know how you reach these kids with what's eating them inside
Armchair Critic,
You very easily reach them by basic harmless but highly effective discipline & by declaring ignorant academic "social experts" a national disaster !
Keep these "experts" out of the loop & let parents & teachers take on the role of basic early disciplining ! Kids need discipline as much as they need care because without discipline they learn how not to care. The proof is out there in our faces every minute of the day !

Hi Indy,
>>Keep these "experts" out of the loop & let parents & teachers take on the role of basic early disciplining!<<
- You're making the assumption that parents themselves aren't the cause of the kids childhood trauma.
The key to it all is for parents themselves to understand their own job.

It's a parent's job to ensure the physical and emotional wellbeing of their own kids, this is non-negotiable.
Fail to ensure your kids physical and emotional wellbeing, FAIL YOUR KIDS.

Armchair Critic,
That's the clearest you've made yourself thus far !

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1102108144885791&rdid=pHpMaW6CNGXdbS2L
Armchair critic,
Don't you think this spoiled brat would benefit from a good, disciplinary slap ?
A young mother I know cuddled her 6 six year old & completely ignored the 5 year girl he punched in the stomach !
When I told her he had also kneed a 4 year old boy in the stomach, she wouldn't believe me & got cranky with me !.
Is that the sort of discipline you have in mind ?