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Links to and for Support Programs for At-Risk Youth.
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of killing and stealing and crime everywhere. We sigh and say as we notice the trend, “This young generation, where will it end?” But can we be sure that it’s their fault alone, That maybe a part of it, isn’t our own? Are we less guilty, who place in their way Too many things that lead them astray. Too much money, too much idle time, Too many movies of passion and crime. Too many books not fit to be read, Too much evil in what's said. Too many children encouraged to roam, Too many parents who won’t stay at home. Kids don’t make the movies,they don’t write the books. They don’t paint good pictures of gangsters and crooks. They don’t make the liquor, they don’t run the bars, They don’t make the laws and they don’t sell the cars. They don’t peddle the drugs that addle the brain, That’s all done by older folks greedy for gain. Delinquent teenagers, Oh how we condemn The sins of the nation and blame it on them. By the laws of the blameless the Savior made known, Who is there among us to cast the first stone? For in so many cases, it’s sad but it’s true, The title “delinquent” fits older folks too. Written by: ANONYMOUS The above-poem was given to me when I was a juvenile in a state institution. I've always liked it and kept it to share with others who want to jump on teenagers for their problems without first realizing where the problems first start.
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