There’s more. Think ‘The Last Picture Show’. Cybil Shepard. Cloris Leachman’s queer husband wanted to leave her alone with the teenage boy he ‘approved’ of. Dying town. Not much excitement so it had to be manufactured. Those things happen. So how do you keep it from happening? A stable family life would help so that any straying would be brought back into the fold before it gets outta hand. We’re beyond that. Thank the left.
All the stray kids. A new government agency of boarding schools? Parents required to ‘volunteer’ 10 hours a week? It would prevent a Hitler Youth Corps. Doable. Won’t happen. Btw-it takes a village-heard it somewhere.
*A new government agency of boarding schools?*
Prisons. Picture this. A felon serving time in one state has a son sentenced for a misdemeanor in another state. Find a way to put them in the same cell and serve time together. Couldn’t hurt. Especially when they’re released.