IF only we decent members of society could wake up each day in the knowledge that our children and grandchildren can attend schools that teach true values and the importance of a loving relationship and marriage, the responsibility of parenthood, and knowing that when we leave our homes and cars no one would have stolen anything.

A dream or a reality? We are paying the price for not challenging the permissive society of the 60s while politicians put votes first.

We have a choice to make - fortify our homes, drive armoured cars, employ armed guards in shops and supermarkets so senior citizens can shop in safety, erect electrified fences around our churches, schools, youth centres to name a few, or wake up our MPs and demand a return of moral values.

KN WOODFORD

Northwich