THE BARMY politically-correct are at it again. Hacking into our kids' childhoods in a bid to drag them into the adult world before they're barely past puberty.

Youth workers at Stacksteads Junior Youth Club want to cut the amount of time kids spend playing pool and football, and teach them about sex, drugs and famine instead.

And at the same time, the age bracket would be altered from eight to 11-year-olds to take in older children aged 11 to 14.

Not surprisingly, parents are in uproar.

As one pointed out, kids go there to play games and burn off energy. The last thing they want is more lessons after school.

Of course our young people need to learn about sex, drugs, famine and all the issues of the modern world.

But at the same time, they are still children, and children need, and have a right to carefree leisure time.

Schools already give our youngsters plenty of information about sex and drugs.

Why should they get a double helping by having these subjects pushed onto them at the youth club?

If the plan goes ahead, young people will vote with their feet. And end up shiftlessly hanging around street corners instead of enjoying a proper game of pool or football.

Just the sort of situation which tempts bored teenagers to try out drugs and under-age sex

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