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print your post out Penny.....and look at it in 20 years. it confirms most of what I said I hope you come to see that, in time.

I honestly see so many parents who have no friggin clue about healthy child rearing. I just can't believe some parents have been educated and raised in a 'developed' nation. I put the blame right back at their feet, and the values they have chosen. Kids are not little adults. Their brains are...

local word is both boys had knives and the deceased Elliot Fletcher lunged first. the other boy was found hiding later with an apparent self inflicted knife wound to the neck, according to police. they have since retracted that statement, and the investigation is not ruling out that the neck...

Then you also know the murder rate is not a valid proxy for assault. Probably the most valid stats are hospital emergency dept treatments for injuries most likely attained from assault. But reporting of these is as politically and culturally sensitive as other crime stats. One has to ask why...

what % of Catholic students are we referring to? I am not Catholic but my generation has seen a disproportionate representation of high achievers come from Catholic school education. The Old Boys list for Brisbane's Nudgee College or Marist Brothers Ashgrove reads like a who's who of Brisbane...

tell all the Mum's lined up to pick up their kids from school that they are safer walking home than 30 years ago. for me, a good cup of coffee isn't as important a social indicator as the quality of life for the lower quintile. anyway, let's stop talking anecdotes and see who has the biggest...

Each to their own TF. Maybe you are too young to remember when people left their doors unlocked, Boy Scouts didn't think twice about door knocking for bob a job, parents let little girls sell cordial on the footpath, and a lot of kids had air rifles and 22s, and everyone realized if they...

Like everyone else, I am seriously miffed about the growing violence. There was a show on ACA or today tonight last night, highlighting how the Victorian Premier Brumby stated he wasn't aware of any gangs in his electorate or Melbourne. This is a big part of the problem. We have gutless...