I've witnessed the opposite problem in Berlin. Parents, and the general public, seem underprotective of youth. I used to live across the street from a primary

I've witnessed the opposite problem in Berlin. Parents, and the general public, seem underprotective of youth. I used to live across the street from a primary school and the kids (no older than 10) would come out and smoke at recess in front of my building. Nobody batted an eye. Just yesterday I was walking behind some kids who couldn't have been older than 12 drinking and smoking, and that was in a nicer Berlin "suburb". Nobody cared.