[Por_sha911]

For 11 years I was on the board and volunteered to work with a inner city youth center that reached street kids and drug addicts. When a teen (or 20 something) said "do you have the time?" I would look down at my watch, look up, and say "Yes" and then go about whatever I was doing? Likewise when they said "Can I...?" my reply was "I don't know. Can you?" After a while, the veteran kids would shout out across the room the proper way to say it. They took pride in knowing something the other kid didn't.

I firmly believe that the degradation of the youth is based on a lack of parental restrictions growing up and a lack of self worth. For example, young girls became sluts because no one monitored and restricted their activities, told them the dangers, and they didn't think a guy would care about them unless they "put out". The ones that had self respect weren't as susceptible to peer pressure because they thought more of themselves. But I digress.