When the police officer is standing on the roadside, waving you in, and says ”You were going a bit too fast there, were’t you…” – of course it makes all of us feel uneasy.
Still, the police spending their time along the roads catching speeders, would have been a good thing. Today, they are instead busy keeping the streets safe enough for us daring to let our children out. They spend their days putting out fires.
Truth is, many of these fires started fifteen, twenty or twenty-five years ago. Now, we need to build more prisons, in which we will try to get the fires (the criminals) under control.
I wish the money could be spent on creating good and safe lives for our children instead. That way we can prevent future fires. We need to take care of the children, our own children and other’s children, already from the start. To be able to do that, not only money is needed. It also requires effective legislation, civil courage and bravery.
If we decide to really put the best interests of the child first, instead of using this phrase to pretend we are good at it, then maybe we won’t be in need of building additional prisons or use triple bunk beds in these places in the future.
Adults’ position of power over children, sometimes results in adults’ rights and security being met, instead of the children’s rights and security, and somewhere along the road it starts to heat up.
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Book 2: https://curtify.co/xWjki
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