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| Anti-social youths 'beyond help' | Anti-social youths 'beyond help' |
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| Nearly a quarter of adults believe disruptive or anti-social children are beyond help by the time they become teenagers, a survey has suggested. | Nearly a quarter of adults believe disruptive or anti-social children are beyond help by the time they become teenagers, a survey has suggested. |
| Around a fifth of the 1,000 people questioned in the poll for children's charity Barnardo's thought youngsters were beyond help by the age of 10. | Around a fifth of the 1,000 people questioned in the poll for children's charity Barnardo's thought youngsters were beyond help by the age of 10. |
| But two-thirds said it was never too late to help young people. | But two-thirds said it was never too late to help young people. |
| The publication comes as Barnardo's launches a campaign to show even the most troubled children can be helped. | The publication comes as Barnardo's launches a campaign to show even the most troubled children can be helped. |
| The campaign, which will be promoted in newspapers and on posters, will also feature radio advertisements voiced by James Bond actor Daniel Craig. | The campaign, which will be promoted in newspapers and on posters, will also feature radio advertisements voiced by James Bond actor Daniel Craig. |
| Child 'underclass' | Child 'underclass' |
| Barnardo's has worked with young people for more than 100 years, but says that never have children been so widely dismissed. | Barnardo's has worked with young people for more than 100 years, but says that never have children been so widely dismissed. |
| We must not use that as an excuse to write off a generation Martin Narey, Barnardo's | We must not use that as an excuse to write off a generation Martin Narey, Barnardo's |
| "Some children's behaviour is unacceptable and it has to be challenged," said Barnardo's chief executive Martin Narey. | |
| "But we must not use that as an excuse to write off a generation. | "But we must not use that as an excuse to write off a generation. |
| "...the alternative is to dismiss an underclass of children who have nothing to lose and who face nothing more than permanent unemployment, non-achievement and almost inevitably a life of crime." | "...the alternative is to dismiss an underclass of children who have nothing to lose and who face nothing more than permanent unemployment, non-achievement and almost inevitably a life of crime." |
| According to the survey results, the main threats to a happy childhood are: growing up without a father, being in care, teenage motherhood and being expelled from school. | According to the survey results, the main threats to a happy childhood are: growing up without a father, being in care, teenage motherhood and being expelled from school. |
| Figures from the British Crime Survey indicate youth crime dropped by 39% between 1995 and 2005. | |
| But two thirds of the respondents to the poll, conducted by NOP GfK, believe children had become more criminal over the period. |