The Endz Generation Dispatches from the Front Line of UK Youth Work

"I was one of these kids. Now I'm trying to save them." Excluded at 13. Grooming into drug dealing at 14. Written off by everyone. One youth worker showed up every week. That saved my life. 17 years later, I'm that youth worker. And I'm telling you what no one else will: Your kid isn't safe. And "not my kid" is a lie. THE TRUTH: ?? County lines gangs recruit "good kids" from stable homes ?? Social media grooms them while you watch TV downstairs ?? Suicidal 14-year-olds rejected by mental health services for "not being unwell enough" ?? Schools exclude troubled kids straight into gang recruitment ?? Knife crime is survival, not evil Most parents don't see it until police knock on the door. WHAT'S INSIDE: ? Real cases – The county lines kid. The influencer self-harming in secret. The 17-year-old with no hope. ? For parents – Warning signs you're missing. Apps to worry about. How to actually talk to them. ? The broken system – Why CAMHS has 18-month waits. Why schools create criminals. Why we're cutting the only thing that works. ? The cost – One youth worker: £30k/year. One kid in prison: £100k/year. We're choosing wrong. WHO NEEDS THIS: ?? Parents sensing something's wrong ?? Teachers/youth workers drowning in a broken system ?? Anyone who wants the truth about Britain's young people WHY THIS MATTERS: Not written by an academic. Written by someone who was the excluded kid dealing drugs, then became the youth worker for 17 years. Raw. Honest. Real. No jargon. No sugarcoating. Just truth from the trenches. ?? Contains explicit discussions of knife crime, drugs, self-harm, online exploitation. Strong language. Real UK street reality. THE BOTTOM LINE: Youth work saves lives and saves money. We're dismantling it. Kids are dying. Parents are clueless. The system is failing. This book is the wake-up call. 12 CHAPTERS • 30,000 WORDS • 17 YEARS OF TRUTH The chaos. The crisis. The kids we lose. The ones we save. Why youth work is the only thing that works—and why we're destroying it. SCROLL UP. BUY NOW. UNDERSTAND WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING. Before it's your kid.