Acid attack facts

[Gandalf]

Broken families is only one aspect of course. I think it fair to say that kids today spend less time with their parents/parent than ever before. Even if the family isn't broken, you need two incomes to stay ahead and especially in London and that means kids are send to daycare, they are left at home on their own, they are neglected. Then when families break up they are abandoned. Then when they are left with a mother on welfare the mother is all too often mentally unwell and ill equipped to be a mother and if she is working then she will barely have time for the kid anyway. Either way it leads to maladjustment. Now many of course are doing the best they can and in difficult circumstances, but many are not and have lived their lives without setting a good example to their kids. It leads to societal breakdown. More police is not going to stop angry young people from throwing acid at people. More police is not going to stop mentally ill people from acting up and joining gangs. More police is not going to stop people choosing poor partners who won't stick around and be a Dad. This is very unfortunate, but it starts by choosing a good partner and raising your child properly so that he is not angry, alienated, and lacking in empathy. Some of it might be genetic meaning a defective parent, but the rest is societal and that means kids need good parental role models. They don't really have that a lot of the time. You certainly see this in the black community in the US and unfortunately the UK has the same issues when it comes to strong black families. Kids play up without a stable family structure. Kids can play up with one too, but it is more likely when it is lacking.