Kids get a raw deal - no-one ever talks about the good things they do - just the bad. So shouldn't we be doing more to inspire the next generation of youngsters and particularly disadvantaged children.
So in the year London stages its first ever Paralympic games - a major boost in funding for disability sport particularly for young people has been announced.
The Balfour Beatty London Youth Games & LBC's sister station's charity Help a Capital Child have been awarding more than 50,000 pounds of Sports Developments Grants to local disability charities across London - taking their total spend to more than quarter of a million in 5 years.
The London Youth Games Sport Development Grants are a partnership between 95.8 Capital FM's Help a Capital Child (HACC) and Balfour Beatty (BB) who have jointly funded the programme since its launch in 2007. 300,000 pounds has been invested so far towards supporting community projects and providing sporting opportunities for around 15,000 young Londoners particularly in disadvantaged groups.
So aptly in 2012 and to mark London's first ever hosting of the Paralympics, this year's awards have been dedicated entirely to disability sport.
Double Paralympic gold medallist and five-times London Marathon winner David Weir teamed up with former European and Commonwealth 400m champion and Channel 4 Paralympics presenter Iwan Thomas for awards do at the Riverbank Park Plaza. The woman who brought the Games to London shadow Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell and Dee Doocey Chair of the London Assembly's Sports Committee also spoke at the event where £40,000 was committed to 15 London borough projects.
Ealing's All Star Athletes, the Harrow Paralympic Games, Richmond's Rise to Shine and Tower Hamlets 200 Days To Go project were all celebrating after being awarded 5 thousand pound grants to promote.
It's also been revealed £12,000 will go towards a newly-launched athlete bursary scheme for disabled young Londoners with recognised potential to qualify for the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.
David Weir - 5 times London winner and double Paralympic champion - told me he 'remembers competing to this day' back in 1988 when he tried basketball but preferred wheelchair racing 'crossing the line and meeting Tessa Sanderson its was a great buzz back then I loved it.'
He'll be one of the 50 Olympic and Paralympic stars competing at London 2012 this summer who i'm told will have taken part in Europe's largest annual youth sport event - world champion Mo Farah, Zoe Smith, Tom Aggar and Ellen Gandy to name but a few. The hall of fame is impressive too - Rio Ferdinand competed in the gymnastics for Peckham - but his brother Anton missed out as they picked Rio instead much to his annoyance apparently - brotherly rivalry even at a young age!
So next time you moan and groan about kids or how much money is being spent on the Olympics and Paralympics in London this summer - just think maybe they're not all the same? Maybe its not a waste of cash? Maybe its investing and inspiring the next generation?
Go Team GB
John