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Anti-social youths 'beyond help' 'No-one beyond help' - Barnardo's
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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. A campaign designed to change people's attitudes towards troubled youngsters has been launched by UK children's charity Barnardo's.
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. Double-page adverts are being placed in newspapers and a radio feature has been voiced by James Bond star Daniel Craig.
But two-thirds said it was never too late to help young people. It comes as Barnardo's publishes a survey suggesting about a quarter of adults feel disruptive children are beyond help by the time they are 13.
The publication comes as Barnardo's launches a campaign to show even the most troubled children can be helped. Two-thirds of respondents said it was never too late to help young people.
The campaign, which will be promoted in newspapers and on posters, will also feature radio advertisements voiced by James Bond actor Daniel Craig. But around a fifth of the 1,000 people questioned in the poll, conducted by NOP GfK, thought youngsters were beyond help by the age of 10.
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 children have never have been so widely dismissed.
We must not use that as an excuse to write off a generation Martin Narey, Barnardo'sWe must not use that as an excuse to write off a generation Martin Narey, Barnardo's
The charity said the advertisements feature the stories of troubled youngsters who might have alienated people but who it feels are worth supporting.
People are being asked to show they "believe" in children by sending Barnardo's a text message or by adding their names to a page on its website.
"Some children's behaviour is unacceptable and it has to be challenged," said Barnardo's chief executive Martin Narey."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." he added that "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.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. Two thirds of the respondents to the poll believe children had become more criminal over the period.