Not that I've read the article, or have time to get into it, but everything is spiraling out of control. There is not enough to do in small towns, probably even bigger towns for the youths of this nation, especially if they're not sports-minded.
I used to go to the Boy's Club on Saturday afternoons when I was little. There were crafts to do and games to play. Even short films. It was a community effort. The town I just left had nothing like that for my kids to do when they were growing up. It would be great to see a little more community effort. However, most two parent families are stetched thin and weekends are the only time to fix the car, shop, do home repairs, visit the family and if there's any time left, to maybe have a couple of hours to themselves. Multiply that by two if it's a single parent family, and the kids are the likeliest ones to suffer.
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Kids with nothing to do
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- Poverty and children's brains do not mix
- It is not so much poverty as lack of mental stimulation. (n/t)
- Maybe they should get a job.
- "Guns a blazin" ;) (n/t)
- They kind of club you over the head at the end.
- Kids with nothing to do
- I don't think that's true.
- Pot-induced short term memory loss? They'll outgrow it.
- How many great men and women throughout history grew up in poverty?