I live in Darwin, in one of the "better" suburbs. In the street I live has many kids and teens that clearly going to end up in juvy, if not dead because the parents aren't discipling them. The parents aren't teaching them to be good kids, they're expecting their children to learn what's good and what's not at school and on their own.
Our neighbour's eldest sneeks out at night, with the parents full knowledge and they don't actually do much about it aside from a talk to them about. Instead they want us to tell them if he gets out. Their child is not our responsibility, and if if the kid finds out it was us who dobbed him in, there's a good chance his "friends" will target us/our property.
Catch the bus? Be prepared to see the bus driver and passergers abused by drunks, and wacth out for the teens at the main terminals (particularly Palmerston), or you'll be beaten to a pulp, as has happened to friends of mine.
Darwin needs parents to put quality time into their children to teach them to entertain themselves productively, and to discipline them properly and appropriately. If I was naughty, I got smacked. Bad influences were kept away from me, so that i appeared "sheltered" to other young Darwin people, but I am so grateful for it.
Our neighbour's eldest sneeks out at night, with the parents full knowledge and they don't actually do much about it aside from a talk to them about. Instead they want us to tell them if he gets out. Their child is not our responsibility, and if if the kid finds out it was us who dobbed him in, there's a good chance his "friends" will target us/our property.
Catch the bus? Be prepared to see the bus driver and passergers abused by drunks, and wacth out for the teens at the main terminals (particularly Palmerston), or you'll be beaten to a pulp, as has happened to friends of mine.
Darwin needs parents to put quality time into their children to teach them to entertain themselves productively, and to discipline them properly and appropriately. If I was naughty, I got smacked. Bad influences were kept away from me, so that i appeared "sheltered" to other young Darwin people, but I am so grateful for it.