'that common' is how common. sadly amogst certain strata of society its always been pretty common. I doubt if a teacher in a posh grammar school would encounter it more than once or twice a year, but in the sec mods, it was pretty much a fact of our childrens lives.

As far as childrens behaviour and sexuality is concerned - I think the media are actually holding the line as much as possible.

My middle class friends used to ask me when Grange Hill started on TV - do modern children REALLY behave like that? And teachers smiled grimly knowing that Grange Hill was a highly edited version of reality.

As ben Elton, at the time commented, the only playground in England where the kids don't say Fuck. And that was thirty years ago.

get a grip Lizzie...!