Carrom Association UK

I read recently that Britain came near the bottom of a survey carried out by by an international children’s organisation.
It shows how countries compare internationally,
They missed the more imprtant question. Why? In one of the richest countries in the world why do we have the highest rate of teenage mothers, excessive drinking, which leads to excessive violence, spiralling petty crime, most of which isn’t reported as it is such a palaver to do so.
Why are our children so unappy?
Who or what is to blame?
And more importantly what can we do to stop, nay, reverse this?
I suggest we approach our local council for grants to set up Carrom clubs.
Get the kids off the street, into a safe environment and let them let off steam and compete against each other to see who is the winner.
Most of this excessive drinking, posteuring and dumbing down is only to show off to their mates and the girls hanging around.
We’ve all done it in the past, haven’t we?
We all grew out of it. Well most of us.
I am always a bit sceptical of statistics, having once worked in the Civil Service as it was known then.
Also it depends how the survey was carried out.
Were the teenagers asked privately or in groups?
Was it wet, windy and cold that day?
Was the survey conducted on a Monday morning, Tuesday afternoon or Thursday evening?
All of these factors can make a difference to the answer given.
But never mind.
Let’s do something before all these disillusioned and unhappy young people grow up to be disillusioned and unhappy adults, who will breed and produce yet more disillusioned and unhappy kids.
Carrom as a cure all.
PS for your interest the USA were even lower than us in the poll.