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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't agree with the OP, we need to dig deeper into a lot of these youth to see how we can support them as a society. The recurring same policies and tactics are no longer working and therefore we cannot keep asking why longer-harsher prison sentences are not working. We need to work on a new revolutionary idea in criminal enforcement. Broken children become broken adults when coupled with generational trauma.

There is enough money in DC, but not enough social workers. [/quote]

No, that’s not it.  Harsh sentences absolutely do work, they just have to be consistently enforced.  Have you been in Singapore? 
Of course, it should be a multi-pronged approach.  Consistent enforcement is just one aspect, and that must include the adults around these kids.

[b]I heard a social worker on the radio this morning lamenting that he’s visited the kids’ homes who are repeatedly stealing cars and engaging in criminal activities. 
His complaint: There were drugs in the home, and no food in the fridge.  [/b]

Children are stealing because they are hungry and in need, in order to be removed we need more social workers and we need to pay social workers well. This is truly tragic. I cannot imagine what is like for a starving child to need to commit crime in order to survive. Yes, we need wrap around services, it seems like the parents of these children are on drugs. Hence, why we have kids out in the streets targeting people. Drugged out parents are trying to escape some problem. This is really sad.

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What is the solution you propose then, PP? Removal of a generation as Canada did with native children? Forced sterilization? The parents of these kids are the grandchildren of the crack babies. Generations of drug exposure, minimal at best parenting in many cases, no one working in a legit job, no one emotionally regulated is the reality for many. Some are being raised by a struggling young grandparent. So, what do you propose now? Having that social worker visit wasn't a magic wand, was it. The kids have housing, EBT, free metro cards, free school, free healthcare. They may not have functional adults in their lives but after providing the basics society doesn't have a lot of appealing cards to play. [/quote]

Maybe we DC liberals shouldn't kick and scream when KIPP charter goes in the "poor neighborhoods" with a longer school day ... To basically bolster or replace parenting for all the reasons you mention above. Maybe we should have more specialized schools ..not "immersion for all" as demanded by the equity patrols. Maybe kids in the system should have to meet conditions like counseling, GED, life skills training to get out. There are quite a few appealing cards that liberals are reluctant to play, or won't play at all.[/quote]

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