our kids, our future

[Devonian]

Surely this is just a case of bad parenting??

Why isn't the mother limiting the time spent on the Xbox; dragging them out of the house to do other things etc etc....

Yes the kids don't stand a chance in the future and I guess (I don't have kids) this is being repeated up and down the country and also across much of the Western world??

If so, then the Chinese and Russian, really will become the dominant world powers in future generations when these kids hit middle age, as our kids are unlikely to have any real education of drive to achieve anything, let alone the negotiating powers needed when governments agree international treaties etc. even now we are week compared with the past - consider thatcher v Cameron; or even Cameron v Putin!!

I know a friend who's 16 year old has just finished GCSE's at school, now does literally a few hours a week at college and spends the rest of her time dossing at home with no intention of working.

It really is a sad state of affairs and unfortunately this is linked with immigration and shows why employers are only too keen to give jobs to those from Eastern Europe who are prepared to work hard and do the jobs that our own youngsters do not want to do. They are simply used to an easy life and have never done a hard days work in their lives - and it would seem most never intend doing a hard days work either!