How old were Romeo and Juliet, anyway? Hormones aren't something new. Christians deal with a situation such as this in a way that leads ALL children around to lead good lives.
Romeo and Juliet was written around 1591!! In those days "children" were married off. Americans invented the word TEENAGER.
"Children" of those days were married to cement ties and bonds with other families. There were dowries. Their lives were TOTALLY different than today's.
Families told the girls AND BOYS whom they would marry--NO choice whatsoever.
Today's "children" who are left alone day after day, week after week, month after month and/or are fatherless are at risk and you know it. With all the sexuality garbage shoved down their throats, it's no surprise that they "act out."
The "children" committed no crime. I agree with you. They are abandoned, neglected and forgotten. Keeping in touch with your kids via cell phone is worthless. Parents HAVE TO BE THERE.
The kids are getting screwed by their selfish parents who work their buns off for money, stuff, cars, house, rent, food, whatever, AT THE EXPENSE of their abandoned kids.
OFTEN, but not always: Absent parents = home-alone-kids-in-trouble.
By the way, animals and plants are RAISED; children are REARED. I laugh when I hear people say, "raising kids" because it makes me think of raising animals, baby goats, not REARING children. That is the CORRECT English. But, then, who cares about that? (Cynical remark on my part, not aimed at you.)