Kids in the street - You are killing their future

They go in the street, asking for money and playing on people's feelings to get a pound or two. You encounter them all day long, each time in a different place, always dirty, always trying to sound miserable, they are a plague in each society, and they are barely 5 or 6 years old.

The truth is they are miserable, not because of themselves, but because of their parents, because there is no applicable law to protect them, and also because of the people that give them money

While you in the car cannot do anything to change their parents, you may do little to get the children protection law to be applied, but what you can surely do is NOT TO ENCOURAGE THESE KIDS TO STAY THE WAY THEY ARE. What you are doing when you give them money is a crime, because you are encouraging them to stay where they are, and you are encouraging their parents to keep exploiting them.

So open your eyes, and do not feel guilty if they stick at the window of your car and you do not give them anything. They need to learn that in life we do not get anything for nothing, and their parents need to know that by exploiting their kids, they are not getting any return. You have a mission to accomplish, and this mission is to improve your society. So stop being stupid, and instead of encouraging negative behavior, put your money where it encourages good behavior. There are a lot of associations working to improve kids life and on educating children that have no parents, you can go there if you are so kind.