The rowdy behaviour by some school children on a public passenger vehicle recently has left a farmer really concerned about the future of such children.

According to the farmer, he was travelling from Kingston to Spanish Town when some schoolboys and girls boarded the bus. They behaved so badly on the bus that the farmer said he had to speak to them.

"I could not help but wonder what is going to be their fate if they continue to behave in such a rowdy manner," he said.

"I love children and I am not one to condemn them, but the way these children who were on their way from school were behaving was very shocking. They spoke in very vulgar language, they laughed so loud you could not hear a word that the person sitting next to you was saying.

"You never heard one of them talk about what took place at school. It was about lewd text messages they received, which lewd song was their favourite and which boy or girl they were going to lick in the face or thump in the mouth.

"When the conductor told them to calm down, they cursed him off and told him to mind his own business. It was then that I had to tell them that I paid my fare to go to my destination and I should not be forced to listen to their rude and out of order behaviour.

"I had to threaten them that I was going to use my cell phone to take their photographs and then go to their school the next day and report them. It was at that time they kept quiet.

"We all know that children are going to talk loud or laugh loud at times but it should never be to the extent where they say vulgar things and disturb other passengers on the bus".

The farmer said he witnessed the police searching the schoolbags of the children to and from school and he thinks it is a very good idea. He said he had seen the police removing weapons such as knives and icepicks and "I know that they can be used to harm other children at school or whenever they get involved in heated arguments".

"This leads me to wonder what has happened to their parents and guardians. It seems as if some of them are afraid to discipline the children. If it means searching their bags before they leave for school it should be done. When I mentioned this to a friend of mine, he said I should remember that some of the parents and guardians behave worse than the children, so really they cannot discipline the children. It is sad that many of our children are not getting the right upbringing. I often wonder if parents can be charged for child neglect," the farmer queried.

The Child Care and Protection Act protects children from abuse and neglect by imposing stiff fines or imprisonment for breaches of the Act.