THE EDITOR, Sir:

I would like parents and guardians to read this letter and apply it afterwards.

What is happening to children nowadays? What has made them 'too ripe' and 'overripe'? I can proudly say that I am 18 and haven't had sex. Why are such a high number of children having sex? Age is truly just a number. No matter what age a child is (even if that child is just 12) that child is having sex. I have seen it, and can, without bias, talk about these things.

Parents, take this as a warning; either you talk to your children about self-control, or send your daughter to a doctor to check her virginity status and, or, hand out condoms. It is a fact. It is a reality. Children are having sex at a very young age.

There are these special buses which cater only to kids. In these buese, the children are 'lapped up', the windows are tinted, but most are opened, because of the heat that was produced by being 'sardine packed.'

This is what school children love. They just love the 'lapping up' thing. They love the hot bus thing. They love buses with hot cute conductors and drivers. They also love the type of buses with all type of crap written on it and those buses that look 'brand new', full of glitter with tinted windows.

The songs that these hot buses play is a shame. Some of these songs I am sure the parents of these children will not listen to. Parents and guardians, no matter how your children appear calm and innocent, they probably aren't. Everyday, while travelling to college, and when I used to travel to high school, I see and hear some things that would be sickening to you as a parent.

Parents, I beseech you, instil in your children some values and principles. Can't you at least drum into them some morality? Are these children the 'future'? What kind of future will that be?

Conductors, bus drivers and taxi drivers please resist the young girls. You cannot hide your dirty, immoral behaviour. You should be ashamed of yourselves. You should be setting an example for the young boys. You should stop playing those songs like mavado's Twice a Day.

I am, etc.,

CONCERNED TEEN

St. Andrew