Indeed, it has been a dizzying few days - with the murder of a doctor and a 15 year old - and those many shootings. Citizen security continues to be a confounding issue for the Briceno administration and today the PM today said that the steady increase on social violence is due to poor parenting:
John Briceno, Prime Minister
"One murder is one too much and we are always concerned about it. And we have been fighting and doing our very best to be able to keep that as best as possible under control. We had the SOE I think it has been successful, most of it has calmed down. But this now is between individuals and sometimes it is difficult to control, you can't put a police man in every corner, but the minute you turn, somebody, if you want to give trouble and that is what is happening. I think I have been saying this for a long time but I don't think we are good parents as we were. Few generations ago I always use this example as kid I called a lady a white roach, just mischief and my father found out about it and when I got home he gave me a whipping because you don't do that. Today when you call out a child to a parent they want to get upset with you. And so we have lost that kind of discipline within our communities and that is what happens they then become adults. And so maybe Mia Mottley is onto something when she said setting up parenting clubs to be able to help families to learn about parenting and what all it requires and that it really and I know it is a cliche that it takes a village to raise a child, I think that is the success when we were growing up. You couldn't do anything out there because by the time you get home your parents know and you would get into trouble."
