Can I come in here and say something positive? I have skimmed through your conversations....hey what is happening in England is so sad!! We are a dignified nation - I beleive- and this undermines our social strengths. Very Sad!!
Anyway, some one mentioned 'Yootts'. I just want to say please remember this is a minority. My son had a sixteenth birthday party (7 years ago) we had thirty teenagers at that party, and several of my adult friends- BBQ, beers and wines etc. We treated them with respect... like adults, and they responded. We all had a fantastic afternoon and evening, they were a delight to have around, fun, clever, witty, and interested in mixing with us too. These kids, young teenagers, came from ALL sorts of social, educational and financial backgrounds, were on first appearnces wild and scarey.. and yet every one of them treated us and our home with respect. They all stayed overnight...I think some didnt actually sleep. Most got a bit tipsy, some got a bit drunk; yet when we said enough they slowed down. I got up the following day to find them all tidying up, hoovering etc. My house was left cleaner than it started. I was really impressed. We had total breakages of two glasses. No other damage at all.
These kids were not swats, goody-two-shoes, just ordinary scary looking young folk ; Moshers, Emos, Punks, with all the high jinks we would expect..
That experience seven years ago was so good, we have had many many such parties for birthdays and other celebrations and have never had any complaints. Last New Year we invited a huge gang of them (including folk from USA, and AUS) for the hogmany Ceilidh at the local hall. My Kirkinch Gang (as they were labelled) were the life and soul of the Ceilidh, dancing and partying with all the locals young and old. It made my heart swell with pride!
One or two from the original party occasionally come and visit my husband and I, we sit and chew the fat, put the world to rights etc. We listen to their dreams and encourage them. There are two in particular who were told at school... that they would never acheive anything... that they should settle on working in a shop in Dundee (eg B&Q or MFI )!! Unfortunately their parents beleived the schools.

We have pushed and challenged them to think bigger and to expand horizons, and they have now completed college, are landscape gardeners, brimming with confidence and self awareness. GO boys!! these two could have easily been labelled as no hope thugs!!
It can be done! I have faith in people and so far it has been rewarded.
A small contribution, perhaps.
Emma T