Letter: Don't blame the kids

Youths today have such a bad name that it comes as a surprise to me, a 16-year-old lad, when a stranger is kind to me.

When I walk outside and people won't, or try not to, make eye contact with me in case I pull out a knife and attack them. It really annoys me and makes me feel strange. The fact that everyone has this image of a youth with a knife or a gun, mugging people, is appalling.

The fact of the matter is that it is the minority and not the majority of youths that fit this picture.

So my message is that more should be made of those youths that obey the law and are kind to others and not the ones that will attack someone for a dirty look or an accidental nudge.

Daryl Parker

Telford