netibiza
Good for you. It's a pity there aren't many, many more like you.
Joe The Minter-Lion...the child in question is white...well actually, more of a grubby grey.
Children absolutely need boundaries set and they need discipline.
It's as simple as this...there are some poor quality parents out there who are rubbish at child-rearing for a variety of reasons. My guess is that they came from poor parents themselves, broken home, financially unempowered etc.
I myself came from that kind of environment, but my (single) mother assured me that if I ever did badly at school, got into trouble with the police, swore, stole or whatever, she's have me bumped off.
I always thought she was joking, but thinking about it, my sister failed her O Levels back in 1991, and I haven't seen her since...