The Orphans.

There are children whose parents don’t even exist. I can’t explain it any other way. All you hear about are youth homes, sentencing guidelines, social exclusion, society’s failures – but not a word about parenthood. Despite being under 18, they’re no longer even described as children, but as a societal problem expected to be locked away and dealt with by anyone other than the ones who brought them into the world.

I’m not trying to place blame on parents who’ve lost control of their children. It’s not their fault that their child has committed horrific crimes, but they are still parents. Surely, they should play the leading role when it comes to getting their child back on the right track?