Specifically speaking the issue of gangs is going to be a problems because its cultural has been reinforced for generations. It has been sanctioned by Hollywood in the continuing gangland movies invoving several nationalities and races. How can you effectively deal with that when Hollywood glorifies thugs on those large picture screens. I believe it was John Gotti who on a continuum watched the three Godfather movies.

Secondly our eductionally system has been dumbed down so that logical thinking has been eliminated replaced by teaching kids about how they feel,

While being concerned about a kid's emotional responses it is in my humble opinion it is better to teach them that nature has its limits, life is not fair and just, and they sooner they accept that fact the better they will be able to cope.

Instead we have liberals in education and governement insanely attempting to apply an elusive fairness in everything and again insanely trying to eliminate all risks of living..like that is going to happen. Some people will alwyas be smarter, richer better looking more athletic, ettc Natural disasters will always occur. People wil always go to war over something people will die in accidents, people will go bankrupt But all helicopter parents, teacher and politicians do is enable kids reinforcing their insecurity indecisions etc that comes with being over protective.

As a kid my Dad expected that if a bully in the street picked on me I best stand up to him. Today a Dad like that is sent to jail for telling his kid to knock the bully on is butt

When my daughter was getting ready to nest she asked me this question: Dad if I asked you the one thing I should look for in a man what would you tell me? My immediate response was a man is not judged by the size of his biceps but by how he handles life's problems. In today's society politicians, educators, parents etc fail to take responsibility, fail to teach their kids responsibility and fail to be completely honest with them by telling then that life is not fair get over it and get on with making the best of it. If you think me wrong just sit back and observe what parents, educators politicians say and do.