That gang activity is back is worrisome to say the least, Janine, and to state the obvious, where in the hell are the parents of these children and young adults?

Why are their kids out "playing" in the streets whence they should be at home?

I do not have a real answer either, except to treat each youngster as an individual deserving of mine own respect until they prove they do not deserve it, which, I suppose, makes no impact.

I also give time unto them within mentoring, when I can, as well as money unto deserved families, as I see them, when I can.

I do not know the answer, and even as I write this, I hear sirens within the distance, wondering if another young life has been needlessly affected, or worse still, lost.

I wish for an answer.

I wish for a solution.

It was said by Clinton that it takes a village to raise a child.

I shall say that it takes parents of said child to raise a child, correctly, and the village to encourage said child to stay upon the correct path.