Two people stabbed to … SIR – To reduce the number of “ghost patients” on GPs’ books, why doesn’t the admirable “Tell Us Once” service, which informs many government departments of a person’s death, include the NHS? Mrs May also threatened to pass primary legislation to force a reduction in the use of stop and search if the numbers were not reduced, despite being warned that it was imperative for police to use that preventive tool to help curb the rising incidents of knife crime. Site hosted by Datapartners. 3)  Talk about the danger and consequences of 'gang' involvement. SIR – Many mongrels are indeed a delight (Comment, August 23). Kowaleski-Jones (2002) also found that children who live in single-parent or cohabitating families show higher signs of delinquency than those who live in intact and noncohabitating families. There is no yapping or moulting. I, for one, appreciate the fine interior of this church building as both beautiful and inspiring, providing a sacred space conducive to worship and prayer. The battle was thus between two pretenders to the throne: Henry Tudor (Earl of Richmond) and Richard Plantagenet (Duke of York). Parent, Grandparents and extended Family Members...you can play a vital role in stopping 'Knife Crime' becoming a part of your young people's lives.Knowing the Law and talking to your child about the dangers can help keep them safe. This loss of love and guidance at the intimate levels of marriage and family has broad social consequences for children and for the wider community. My nephew was somewhat bemused to receive a parcel covered in red and white tags. In this definition, single-parent families may include cohabiting couples and do not include children living with married stepparents. Much of the information contained on this resource will also be of interest to parents and teachers. Barking is used solely to draw your attention (and then stops), while the fur stays where it belongs – on the coat. Single parents make up a third of Wisconsin parents, The Annie E. Casey Foundation reports. People were collecting them on toboggans and, according to my mother, everyone she met had a different method of removing the oil. Children of single parents miss that setup. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. sins of the fathers Single mum insists absent dads DO cause knife crime and ruin kids’ lives Asha Mohammed-Lee, 47, from South Norwood, told how her kids’ dad … It made me very popular. In its bumbling way and with far-reaching political consequences, the executive branch also offered warm greetings to the single-parent family. 6)  Know your child's friends and their families. Conclusion A very real connection between delinquent behavior, and single parent families in particular mother-only families, produce more delinquent children than two parent families. We really recommend you look at 'The Honesty Lab' a really great way to engage the rest of the family with views on 'What is dishonest, dishonourable and immoral behaviour'...it is fun and a real way to 'Have Your Say' on this amazing issue! 3)  NEVER...believe you can reason or negotiate...walk away and report it to someone! We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. The favourite was to line the oven with newspaper and warm then gently. While 19 percent of all children drop out of high school, the dropout rate for children in two-parent families is 13 percent. Many young people will not recognise themselves as being in a 'gang'...but in a group! 4)  Get involved in your chil's school activities, if you can spare time. When on social nights out with friends...alcohol intake and other factors can cause a perfectly enjoyable evening to spill into violence and anti-social situations. The number of killings in London this year has reached 100, Riot police look on as protesters gather in Chemnitz, Germany, Originally bred for hunting rats, badgers and fox, the Welsh terrier is now under threat, A parcel needs to be in good order before it can set out, Letters: The Covid response is being stifled by an unimaginative bureaucracy. - Download Information leaflet - click here, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~, SOME USEFUL ADVICE TO DISCUSS...when speaking to you child about Safety:-. 1) According to the professional literature, the absence of the father is the single most important cause of poverty. Find out more, The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. If there is one person that  your son or daughter will listen to...it's you! And according to a 2009 report from the US Census Bureau, there are approximately 13.7 million single parents across the U.S., with single mothers outpacing single fathers five to one. They don't always show the truth about gangs...nor, the destruction they can cause. Sometimes there might be obvious reasons for you to think your child may be carrying a knife...such as a knife going missing from the kitchen! Families are hurting in our country. The 'respect' they feel they are given is only an illusion. Just after the war, a ship sank in the North Sea with a cargo of grapefruit. Often images on the TV, in the movies and the media tend to glorify drugs, sex and violence as an acceptable lifestyle. How knife crime is affecting families in one south London neighbourhood. Through Brexit, Britain has – in the nick of time – responsibly set an example of how to achieve national self-government without extremism. I wanted to know the reason why. Media attention has raised the awareness to the issues surrounding 'Knives', but it is up to us to do something about the mind-set and future understanding about 'keeping safe'...to arm our young people correctly, with the right information to help them make the right choices! While in 2016/2017 London as a whole saw a 24% increase in knife crime, it was poorest boroughs which bore the brunt of this rise (with Southwark seeing a 46% increase, Lambeth a 51% increase and Croydon a 103% increase). We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. In her judgment, a 22-page document, the Chancellor of the Diocese of Gloucester affirms that she “must start from the strong presumption against changes which would detrimentally affect the special architectural character or historic interest of a listed building”. GANGS...ADVICE TO PARENTS - Why do Young People join Gangs? Kay Hymowitz. 22.8% of children aged 10-14 years were living with a single parent. You can play an important role in stopping Knife Crime becoming part of your child's life...Safety first - Second - Always...where Knives are concerned! The reality is that being in a gang puts your child more at risk of offending, using or dealing drugs or ending up in prison or worse...becoming a victim of violence and possibly an early death. 4)  ALWAYS...report someone you 'know' or 'suspect' is carrying a knife! As a Metropolitan Police sergeant from 1980 to 2012,  I had experienced crime falling steadily until 2010, for a number of reasons including an adequately supported police force. Knowing the Law and talking to your child about the dangers can help keep them safe. You can help your child make the right choice. The big advantage of pews is that they allow more people to be accommodated, especially children. SIR – This can’t be true, but whenever Parliament is on holiday, things seem to run a whole lot smoother. Professor Anne Curry University of Southampton. Keep a look out! For decades, the share of U.S. children living with a single parent has been rising, accompanied by a decline in marriage rates and a rise in births outside of marriage. The rise of knife crime is a story of poverty, austerity and social deprivation. Children from single-parent families are more likely to have behavioral problems because they tend to lack economic security and adequate time with parents. Children and Young People face all sorts of pressure to follow friends, who may have been recruited by a gang! Try to avoid situations and/or people that scare or bully...and REPORT IT! 6)  Stick to your rules...avoid appearance of double standards. SIR – My wife bought string and wrapping paper in a post office in Penarth and, having paid for it, wrapped up her parcel in full view of the staff, then returned to the counter to post it, only to be told it could not be sent as it was wrapped in string. Knife crime image copyright PA Media A lack of male role models is a key factor behind the increase in knife crime and gang violence, a senior police officer has suggested. Being in a gang is not illegal...only the criminal offences committed that are illegal! SIR  – I am one of the churchgoers at the church of St Philip and St James in Cheltenham, which is soon to have its pews removed as part of its refurbishment (Letters, August 29). WHAT YOU CAN DO...There are things you can do to help prevent your child from being involved in the first place. With so many parents telling me that their go-to advice for their kids, if hit, is to hit back harder, the logical extension when it comes to knife crime is terrifying. Read our community guidelines in full, Officers from the Violent Crime Task Force in action. A lot of the blame lies with those who removed Section 66 of the Metropolitan Police Act of 1839. SIR – Quite apart from plastic bags (Letters, August 27), why does milk have to come in plastic containers? Definitions: Children under age 18 who live with their own single parent either in a family or subfamily. About 28 percent of children of all races lived with a single parent in 2006. In a related vein, children, whose parents divorce, exhibit slightly lower psychological well-being and social adjustment than children from stable two-parent families (e.g., [5, 7, 8–10]). The Conservatives gave up the mantle of the party of law and order in 2010 when Theresa May became home secretary and embarked on a series of budget cuts and police reforms based on political dogma rather than reasonable evidence. As I predicted in the early Nineties, when I wrote Against a Federal Europe and Brave New Europe, and have repeated since, the reason for the rise of the far Right is because of the democratic vacuum created by the ideological drive for political union and the undemocratic law-making procedure of the European Union. There's lots more information to be uploaded on this page soon...including a new Text Messaging service for all concerned parents to make contact and receive advice. Despite numerous warnings that cuts of over 20 per cent – now nearing 35 per cent – would have serious consequences, she continued with them. 2) The same is true for crime. 32% of families with children in the UK have been a single parent at some point. In 2017 two thirds of knife crime offenders under 25 in London were black or minority ethnic, according to the Mayor of London’s Office for Policing and Crime. Talk to your Child about Knives! However, that is compensated with certain strengths of single parenting. This has now been acknowledged by Iain Duncan Smith, who has called for “intensifying” use of stop and search. Why are so many young men from single parent families involved in knife crime? I had tied up a birthday present for my nephew with colourful red and white string and I put sticky tape over the places where the strings crossed. 1)  Being confronted by somebody armed with a knife...WALK AWAY, and ensure there's plenty of distance! Keep a look out! Tamar Heller, in International Review of Research in Mental Retardation, 1997. Children in single parent families are likely to have been exposed to a great deal of crime promoting influence such as parental conflict and abuse. Therefore, legally, the reign of Edward V ran until the accession of Henry Tudor as Henry VII. Accusations are made of “populism”, but proponents of European integration cannot grasp that individuals, such as those in Italy who wish to run their own economy and political system, and regard being in the euro as being in a German prison, are so frustrated that they can be persuaded to move from national democratic aspirations to extremism. 1)  Be a positive role model; remember children learn from what they see and experience. For many reasons including broken relationships, poverty, addiction, mental health and, a more visceral perpetrator of hurt, knife crime – currently a contentious topic of conversation not only in affected communities (considering the spate of recent incidents) but in the media as well and amongst the authorities. While most of these changes are reversible, the last one is not. What should I tell my child about Knife Crime?...This can be a tricky conversation, but here's more handy points you can raise with your child:  www.2smart.co.uk/knives/parents.htm. Clearly, violent crime is not new. However, this is a relatively small symptom of a much larger problem. Without it, no expert was aware of the risk to the Bosworth site until the 11th hour. However, it is now customary not to ruffle the feathers of minority groups lest we offend. Abstract: The Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency reports that the most reliable indicator of violent crime in a community is the proportion of fatherless families. At the aggregate or community level, the concentration of SFFs in some communities may be too low to impact youth crime. A 'gang' can be summarised as a group who see themselves and are seen by others as a 'gang'...and for whom crime and violence are a central part of their activities. This panel once had statutory status. Poverty may be a significant factor relating to crime among single-parents and their children. Involve youself in your child's life in a positive way: 1)  Talk to you child - keep reminding him/her that they can raise any issues of concern with you. SIR – Tony Sewell is right. 2)  Teach them how to cope with peer pressure...how to deal with conflicts without the use of violence. Battlefields are not like listed buildings but they need specialist input. Even if you live in a leafy suburb 'fear of crime' can still effect young people...it is paramount that as they grow and mature into young adults they understand how to 'stay safe' when they travel to large towns, cities or even Abroad. 2)  Acknowledge you child's achievements. SIR – Allison Pearson writes that the “lack of law and order in a Conservative Britain is criminal” (Features, August 29). Better still, in the UK, there were 2.454 million single mothers compared to 0.4 million single fathers. Titulus Regulus, the act which gave Richard Duke of York the crown, was repealed in the first parliament of Henry VII’s reign. Or you can write to ann@KnifeCrimes.org for ideas about holding an event, as well as tailoring the information at the event to accommodate bringing children. Parent, Grandparents and extended Family Members...you can play a vital role in stopping 'Knife Crime' becoming a part of your young people's lives. It is well established that two-parent families generally provide more emotional resources to children than single-parent families (e.g., [5, 6]). They found that single parenthood does reduce the well-being of children. In 2019, in the UK, 14.9% of families or 2.9 million families, were single-parent families. S IR – Tony Sewell (Comment, August 29) is to be congratulated for raising the politically sensitive issue of single parenthood, overwhelmingly single mothers, in … SIR – Why just blame the Prime Minister for the rise in crime? 2)  NEVER...think that you can talk to the person carrying a weapon to persuade them not to use it! Two thirds of all children murdered, are murdered by their mother. Parent Support SMS Text Messaging is here: +44(0)779 780 0031. This video content is no longer available, To watch The Telegraph's latest video content please visit, You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. I think knife crime is happening for a variety of reasons, such as the breakdown of family and the wider community. Hilary J Saxby Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. SIR – You refer to Henry Tudor defeating Richard III at Bosworth. Alert to growing apprehension about the state of the American family during his 1976 presidential campaign, Jimmy Carter had promised a conference on the subject. Most knife-wielding young killers in London have absent fathers, Tottenham MP David Lammy said today. Addressing an audience of families of victims of knife crime, charities, the Met Police and those from the education, faith, health and community sectors, at a youth club in Bermondsey, the Mayor will set out the complex causes of violence. The scholarly evidence suggests that at the heart of the explosion of crime in America is the loss of the capacity of fathers and mothers to be responsible in caring for the children they bring into the world. 6)  If your child is being bullied or feeling threatened by someone they think is carrying a knife...NEVER be tempted to carry even in the belief it will protect them...most children who carry knives, say it because they are scared. C Changing Structure of the Family. Many single parents may be concerned with making ends meet to provide for their family. It’s been a bloody start to the New Year in the capital. In a meeting at the White House, Ballard (1995), single parent may encounter. We need to address it as a matter of urgency. As the extant literature suggests that children raised in single-parent households experience more physical and psychological problems compared to those raised in two-parent households, the implications of homes in which fathers are absent may be important to explore for … Strengths Of Single Parenting: An ideal family setup for a child involves both the mother and father. SIR – To address the problem of unforgiving pews, churches should do what we at St Dunstan’s have done and put cushions on them – much more comfortable than a hard wooden chair. SIR – I was interested in the report of fruit washed ashore in Shetland (“Pineapples galore for islanders”, August 28). SIR – Abby Young-Powell reports on the outbreak of anti-immigration violence in Germany. 6. The Real, Complex Connection Between Single-Parent Families and Crime. The alterations originally proposed are extensive, including the addition of an atrium containing a lift to the added first floor, the creation of glass pods on the ground in the side aisles and above each as a first floor, the addition of a glass screen between the Memorial Chapel and the chancel, a raised floor, insertion of underfloor heating and changes to the crypt, as well as removal of all of the pews, each of which has a unique and intricately carved panel at each end. This the Battlefields Trust can provide pro bono. However, most groups of friends do not commit crime. Britain has an unusually high incidence of single-parent families compared with most other developed countries. Those who work with gangs often talk about young men from single-parent families finding role model figures in gang ‘elders’, who are able to then lure them into a life of crime. However, we should also spare a thought for threatened British breeds: for example the wonderful Welsh terrier, reputedly the oldest known breed in Britain. 5)  IT IS ILLEGAL to carry a 'knife'...so the advice is NEVER be tempted to carry one even if you think you need it! IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN...Official launch of Campaign Toolkits and information: www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/YourChildshealthandsafety/WorriedAbout/DG_078769, THE BEHAVIOURAL RESOURCE FOR PARENTS/TEACHERS...helping to make young people think through the effect and consequences of their actions and choose to improve their own behaviour:  www.behaviouronline.com, Ensure you Child is Safe on the Internet by being aware...here you will find all you need to know on the Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre Website - www.ceop.gov.uk. The empirical evidence shows that too many young men and women from broken families tend to have a much weaker sense of connection with their neighborhood … 5)  Encourange your child to take part in positive after school activities. Today single parent families have become even more common than the so-called "nuclear family" consisting of a mother, father and children. Today we see all sorts of single parent families: headed by mothers, fathers, and even by a grandparent raising their grandchildren. Keeping your Child safe from 'Knife Crime!' crime. There is considerable evidence that this is causing problems in many respects, particularly to do with crime, lack of educational achievement, underachievement in the workplace, and poor physical and mental health in single parents and their offspring. The Chancellor states that many “consider that the architectural heritage of the Church of England should not be thrown out with the bathwater to facilitate changing and ephemeral liturgical fashion”. A new Pew Research Center study of 130 countries and territories shows that the U.S. has the world’s highest rate of children living in single-parent households.. It could save a life...tell a trusted adult, parent, teacher or anonymously to Crimestoppers. Rather than belittling the views of objectors, she gives them due deference and considers that “letters received from parishioners are heartfelt and thoughtful”, while “objectors have provided balanced objections”. The likelihood of living with a single parent family increases with the child’s age: 12.1% of children younger than 1 year of age were living in a single parent family, and 87.1% were living with their mother. The lady at the post office counter was very helpful and kindly cut off all the string that wasn’t stuck down with tape before accepting the parcel. Homicide rates were higher in the early 2000s than they are today. Today, nearly 25 million children have an absentee father. A London MP has suggested that absent fathers are a key cause of knife crime. This study examined if family structure affects childhood delinquency. The Chancellor herself notes that “this church has an active and vibrant congregation”, of whom nearly a third were noted in a survey to consider removal of the pews to be “disastrous or unnecessary”. The evidence, however, does not show that family disruption is the principal cause of high school failure, poverty, and delinquency. Society tolerates so many spurious variations on what constitutes the “family” that we have lost the essential perspective of the importance of the male role. This is NOT a good option! The number of single-parent households in the United States has reached high levels in recent decades. Those petitioning for the reordering have yet to provide evidence to the contrary. The figures for single-parent families show a rosier picture among other races. All kinds of Parent Groups and Clubs are now seeing the benefit of holding a 'Parents Safety Awareness' Event...there's plenty of information on the link below. This gave the police the power to stop and search suspects. But stabbings are on the rise. Lorne Macadam, 30 My entry explores the devastation and heartbreak knife crime in London is causing to the victims/perpetrators and their families. It is not only true in Germany; it is endemic throughout large swathes of the EU. 3)  Help your child to understand that success require effort. There's lots more information on the 'Children & Young People' Section (of this website)...to help engage young people in all aspects that will effect their future lives. 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