The popular image of Britain's teenagers as violent, promiscuous and drunk has even made it over the Atlantic and into the pages of Time magazine. America's leading news weekly concluded in a 26 March article that 'Britons are frightened of their young,' while children are 'cold-shouldered by grown-ups' and living with 'very little meaningful engagement with adults'. The comments, though contentious, were at least timely, coming just after plans were...