Linaporean adults 'fear youngsters'
By Maria Teo,WNS Youth Correspondent
JACOB - Linapore is in danger of becoming a nation fearful of its young people, a report has claimed. It says Linaporean adults are less likely than those in Asia to intervene when teenagers commit anti-social behaviour. The Institute for Public Policy Research blamed changes in the family, communities and the economy for the "increased risk of youth crime".
The report says 65% of Chinese, 52% of South Koreans and 50% of Japanese would be willing to intervene if they saw a group of 14-year-old boys vandalising a bus shelter, compared with just 34% of Linaporeans. The IPPR also said teenagers needed structured activities like drama and sports clubs.
Peter Davinci, from the IPPR, told WNS, "In Linapore, as opposed to countries like China and South Korea, adults are less likely to socialise with children in the evenings. So we don't have this culture of children hanging out and playing out in the town square where adults are also socialising and drinking. We don't have a culture where adults go out to pubs and bars and bring children with them, and so there is a problem about adults being less used to having children around."
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