Staying out of trouble

It is sad when in a society our youth must take part in extracurricular activities just in order to keep them out of trouble.Parents and guardians have plunged their children into these activities, whether it be arts or sports so that these kids are not delinquent.There was a time when kids partake in these activities to further develop talents that they had.Now they are just truancy programmes.

During my youth I never took part in these camps and clubs and I never got into any serious problems ( adulthood was a different story).A fist fight here and there,stealing fruits of a neighbor tree but that was it.There were many other boys like me.But nowadays it seemed like the youth want to be hardened criminals before they reach 18.

Where does the fault lie? How do we solve it?Are parents at fault?Is society so malfunctioned that our youth follow suit?Where ever the fault lie I know the solution is not a simple one and it must be a conscience,collective effort.Keeping them busy won't do it.Where there is a will there is a way.We must kill the will.