Aloutlaw you are exactly correct! WELFARE, FOOD STAMPS, ETC. that is what is wrong with our Country. Lazy people who think the tax payers owe them?  I thought it was so funny that the people(some) getting the extra $25. in Unemp got there Food stamps taken away and wanted to drop the $25. so they could get food stamps back?  LOL Get your lazy A—out and go to WORK! I think one of the races think everyone owes them. Well guess what you want equality so earn it…

The government has created this mindset or culture that is dependent on a welfare based system.In this system there is no need for education.Because you are not going to have a chance to use it.I was raised in a time and place no matter where you come from you had a job or better be looking for one,parents didn’t allow kids to lay around and if you wasn’t going to school you better be working school was like a break from work although you worked before school and after till dark.No handouts.Instead of foodstamps they handed out what they called commodities to the old.If you were young enough to work you didn’t get nothing.There are people out there that have never worked a day in their life.Makes me sick make them take a drug test before you give anyone anything.
Alabamaoutlaw

If people would get out of the “entitlement” mindset, and realize that what the government is doing to them,is little more than modern day slavery-they might think twice about actually bettering themselves. I hope programs like this will help change the mindset of keep ‘em in the ghetto, and keep ‘em down mentality of the Democrats, and will promote EARNING a living based on work and EARNING promotions based on qualifications.jmo

I agree with alabamaoutlaw. Helping the troubled youth see that if they put their mind to it and try with a positive attitude that they can achieve anything. It is true that a lot of the problems stem from the kids seeing how their parents handle their financial situations. Do they take that second job to help make ends meet, do they go to schooling at night to help further their career into a higher paying job, or do they just sit back and let others take care of them. The child sees and picks up on how the parents handle these situations. Setting goals for your children and keeping them in positive activities is one way to get on the right track. Let them know that they do have the support to make it and they do not have to go down the same path that they have seen others go down. We all know that things will not change over night, but if we do not at least take the first step in the right direction then we will never be able to help our youth. Like I had stated earlier in a post, we should never give up on our children and youth. If we keep in the mind set that there is nothing we can do to change it then that is exactly what is going to happen, nothing.

I would be in favor of a draft again,IF,and that’s a big IF,everyone was required to serve at least two years of service for the military with very few restrictions,such as sever physical handicaps.There is nothing that can not wait for two years in someones career,to serve their country and learn a little discipline.I wonder how many parents were present at this meeting and not just older folks,grand-parents and others? A small step in the right direction though and you have to start some where.

I still believe the “Military Draft” should be reinstated.This would give some of these teens a chance to learn some discipline and put structure in their lives.This would also give them a opportunity to further their education,and when they return to civilian life become productive citizens,or if they choose pursue a career in the Military.In the long run,I believe this would save a lot of them from a life of crime and poverty.

The truth hurts, some people don’t want to hear the truth. But when the truth is censored there will be no answers to the questions that need to be answered.If the Church can reach these people i wish them well.
Alabamaoutlaw

The parents and family members of the young people and young adults serve as a powerful role model for these kids.  The government has rules and laws in place that virtually tie the hands of responsible parents when it comes to discipline now-a-days, so the law enforcers now try to convict the parents of child neglect in order to try to influence the young people to drop their bad habits if they see that their parents get into trouble because of their actions. A parent that is responsible enough will work a good job, stay away from free government handouts, and show their kids that it is indeed possible to make it in life without feeling that the only way to get money and food is to break the law or get government handouts. One of the goals of the organizations that want to help these kids stay out of jail should be to force/coerce the parents of these children and young adults to get a job and get off of government assistance and to set a positive example for them.  I wish the churches and organizations good luck in achieving their goals in turning these kids around.

If you wait until the train is rolling down the tracks ,it’s hard to stop.It barrelling already it’s to late for some of these kids it will be a bullet or the bars to stop them .The entire culture will have to change, If a child grows up in a society that allows jobless parents ,drug sales and use all of these quirks will be picked up why should they want to change.It’s going to take an intervention by the government to change the way they hand out government money and housing.
Alabamaoutlaw

A very good first step. As one of the first responders in Mobile, I would say that 90% or more of all major violent crime this and last year have all been committed by persons under the age of 19 years old. We certainly need some help to try and curb this.