Careless in Red

“The devil of young people,” Jago said, “is that they got to be allowed to take their own decisions, mate.”
“But—”
“Hear me out. It’s part of making their way to being grown. They take a decision, they make a mistake, and if no one rushes like the fire brigade to save them from the outcome, they learn from the whole experience. ’Tisn’t the job of the dad—or the granddad or the mum or the gran—to keep them from learning what they got to learn, mate. What they got to do is help work out the end of the story.”