Mrs. Johnny and I were in Canada last year and were amazed at how polite and well-behaved Canadian teenagers were. No f**king and blinding, no rubbish strewn around, no misbehaviour - just politeness and consideration. My bro-in-law is a cop in Canada (ex-Cambridgeshire Constabulary) and he agrees that the general standard of behaviour amongst young Canadians is light years ahead of the UK.

Having said all that, the general standard of behaviour amongst adult Canadians was light years ahead of Brits too - shop-workers who smiled, greeted us and wished us a nice day instead of just grunting and holding out their hands for the money, strangers on city streets who were only too pleased to give assistance and directions to us lost tourists instead of punching our lights out and pinching our mobile phones. I could go on.....

Maybe the difference between their young people and ours is in the different standards their adults set and conform to?