"I fear that Victor and John McKenzie have read rather too much of the Daily Mail and the Daily Express of late, and have forgotten how to talk to young people."

Gervase, I read neither paper, nor would I, I like to be informed by my newspaper, and not indoctrinated.
As for talking to young people, surely that is the parent's responsibility not mine?
In fact it may be one of the root causes of their undisciplined behaviour!