<p>The Labour inclined media think they have done their cause good today by capturing a photo of a hoodie making a threatening hand gesture behind David Cameron. They will probably keep repeating it, believing it will damage??him.</p>
<p>I don’t think the image will do David any harm with most voters. It does not after all reflect badly on him, but on the young man misbehaving. Only warped journalists could turn this into a bad news story for David.</p>
<p>The attitude and manner of the hoodie speaks volumes about the problem David wants us to tackle. He has asked why do young men behave like that? How can we help create a society where young people have a more positive approach to life?</p>
<p>He was right to say some young people would benefit from more love and support at home. He is not saying that if they become criminals we should then let them off or be soft with them. He is saying we need to look at what has gone wrong in the cases of those who become criminals, and see if we can learn how to handle things better in the future. He is also saying that he does not have all the answers, that these problems cannot be solved by a new Act of Parliament or by super Asbos. That is quite refreshing.</p>
<p>Listening to single mothers being interviewed I was struck by their constant refrain – our boys do need positive male role models. Some of the mothers think the natural father of their child would not be a positive model for their son, but they would like an uncle,grandfather, teacher, or sports organiser to do what a father would otherwise do.</p>
<p>Labour, of course, castigates David for daring to say it is good if both father and mother can be involved in bringing up their child. They claim this shows he is prejudicied against single mothers, or is making "attacks" upon them. What nonsense. David has gone out of his way to say he admires many single mothers who offer their children love and support. It is still the case that if fathers could help, and could provide a positive male role?? model, that would be good, not bad.</p>
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