Karnataka - Bangalore

Parents should impart the right values to children

Spend quality time with them and keep track of what they do during spare hours, say readers

Spend time with them

Young persons need parental supervision. Under-age drinking and use of narcotics point to the fact they are not getting quality time with their parents.

Neha Mendes

Benson Town

Teach them right values

When youngsters get into trouble, parents need to share the blame too. No boy or girl from a home where the right values are taught and practised will go astray.

Joshua S.

Langford Road

Moral education needed

Parents and teachers need to call for the revival of moral education classes in high schools and colleges.

G. Nagaraj

Malleswaram

Observe age norms

Parental control is almost entirely lacking or you will not find teenagers racing along downtown roads well past midnight. Those running clubs have to strictly observe the age norms.

D.S. Manjunath

R.T. Nagar

Punish law-breakers

Youthful exuberance is one thing and breaking law is another. The police should take action against even children of the influential.

The media should not campaign for granting licence to night clubs to operate until late hours.

Krishnaswamy

Basavanagudi

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Teach them right values

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