I agree with every single word weareunique.
In a strange way your job and to a lessor degree mine bought us in contact with these things.
I twice was asked to visit homes to help in such matters.
I see in a country village in family's not considered dysfunctional, such children.
It comes some times as you say to kids left alone but it is often parents who never learned to be parents haveing children.
3 kids oldest 8 throw mud all over a car, parents under take to see it never happens again.
Next day it takes place again.
Victim asks what can we do about this.
Parents totally abusive its only a prank they scream.
What future those children.
By the way it started because victim said no kids fruit is not ready yet I will give you heaps after it is.
Afraid your old work mates may get involved,stop a breach of the peace, see next time I intend to throw a very big amount of mud all over the house, see if its only a prank then.
Not making lite of your view it needs addressing aware how you would but your head time and again but it is unacceptable.
A Sargent of police ,from near city,charged with youth and night problems would have been a big help but seems to no longer spend weekends here.

Are these the children of overworked (even if by choice) parents doing this stuff WAU? I don’t wanna go pointing finger when the bad behaviour could be the result of other things.

We started with “dysfunctional” families and now I think we’ve moved into maybe child neglect and delinquency.

68 depressed patients were subdivided according to their family's level of family functioning into functional and dysfunctional groups. Patients from dysfunctional families did not differ from those of functional families on measures of severity of depression, chronicity of depression, depression subtypes, other nonaffective psychiatric diagnoses, history of depression, or neuroendocrine functioning.

So from dysfunctional families did have significantly higher levels of neuroticism. A 12-mo follow-up of these patients indicated that depressed patients with dysfunctional families had significantly poorer course of illness, as manifested by higher levels of depression, lower levels of overall adjustment, and a lower proportion of recovered patients. Thus, impaired family functioning appears to be an important prognostic factor in major depression.

" and as populations spirals out of control, expect to see more and more. The demands on all humans in the 21 century, is abuse in its self, but more greed,selfishness, and the obsequies is needed in mad and most certainly, A society thats showing true signs of collapsibility.

"Who has time for families now days" was one of the comments I heard, as two women in there business suits were discussing, while trying to avoid the costs of child-care.

Yes its all about the attention or lack of it.

LEA

The demands on all humans in the 21 century, is abuse in its self!

No comments on that? well....bottmcfungas@hotmail.com

LEAP

Hi Jewely, in relation to parents of teenagers and young adults who are repeat offenders, I believe that if parents or one parent had spent more 'quality time' with their kids at a younger age instilling morals, values, ethics, teaching right from wrong and the consequences of being dishonest, there would be far fewer criminal incidents committed by teenagers.

Lets face it, day care 'Carers', after school Carers, or being left at home without guidance through primary school is not 'child raising'.

Belly, we are saying similar things and in response to your comment earlier.

I sacrificed my career while my kids were attending primary school, instilling morals, values and ethics in them both by words and actions while working casually to pay bills. During their high school years, i did not work permanently, choosing contract hours instead, in order to be around. I always sat down daily with each of them, asking how their day had gone, gently opening up their minds and hearts to discuss any issues, problems and resolving issues. This is fact as opposed to 'ego/boasting/I am the best parent rubbish' as there will never be any 'perfect parents'.

However, what is more important Belly?

Acquiring the best of assets, capital to travel extensively, wealth and greed, working continous long hours over 30 years, while ignoring and missing out on developing close relationships with one's children, raising them with morals values and ethics, OR having a parent(s) to spend 'average/normal time/hours' over the years with their children, particularly their primary years, teaching and following up on their morals values and ethics?

A comment from a young fellow now a Builder at 23 yrs of age recently.

"My mother, after Dad left us, sacrificed her career, returning to it 13 years later, while my younger brother and I were in primary school and high school, so that she was around to guide us in all the 'right' ways and ensure our safety during those years". Words to that effect. She never invited men in and out of the home, placing us first".

If a single mother is able to 'do without' all of the materialistic items and wealth for half her life raising children, then I am positive, that many couples earning $140,000+ between them, with all of their joint superannuation and long service leave accummulated over 30-40 year careers, are able to take time out over the years to 'raise' their children Belly.