On Jan 26, 4:45*pm, (Cynic) wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:24:18 +0000, Bill Wright
wrote:

Could be all sorts of reasons. *It is quite common for children who
were raised by very responsible parents to do silly things,
Far less likely than the children of the feckless, by a ratio of 100:1
or more I'd say. If any of my friends' kids got into trouble we'd all be
astonished and shocked, whereas on the dodgy estates if a kid gets into
trouble no-one thinks it's worth a mention.

Can you honestly say that you have *never* in your life done anything
that was extremely stupid to the point of being dangerous?

Between the ages of roughly 12 and 20, the greatest influence on
behaviour is the peer-group. *The type of peer-pressure a child
experiences correlates very closely to the type of neighbourhood the
child lives in. *Many parents do not have a great deal of choice over
the area they live.

It must be really nice living in your black-and-white World.

--
Cynic

Not dangerous to other people.
I am virtually perfect.