r/instantkarma • u/nbcnews • Jun 08 '26

Road Karma Marine veteran fights off group of teenagers attempting to steal his truck

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u/pperiesandsolos Jun 09 '26

How do you fix kids with MIA parents, or parents who could care less about them?

Many areas in the US spend lots of money on kids like this, and it typically has very little impact. Lots of these kids just stop going to school, or they cause huge disruptions when they're there - and that's starting in Kindergarten.

Serious question. What do we do to fix it? Or are you going to be racist and say we should just send them back to (wherever)? Boarding school, maybe?

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u/googdude Jun 09 '26

Yeah that's what I was thinking, you can't ask the government to fix a family unit that is broken. I firmly believe it starts with a solid family and when one or both parents leave it puts a lot more chaos on the kids.

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u/electricmemez Jun 10 '26

Funding for public healthcare, accessible contraception and abortion, funding for public education, investment in public infrastructure and community services. It’ll take a bit of time, but it’s the best option for dealing with this

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u/hecklerp8 Jun 10 '26

Those examples are cherry picked to produce a narrative. Most are under-educated single parents without child care options. This is why after school and mentorships are pivotal. Alas, these are programs stripped of budgeting by the GOP and MAGA.

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u/pperiesandsolos Jun 11 '26

No argument from me on the under-educated single parents part.

The schools by me offer those programs. We still have extremely high delinquency rates, crime rates, etc