After discovering that their children's school was ridden with gangsterism, violence, drugs and prostitution, shell-shocked parents regained their composure and are fighting back to reclaim their authority. Parents of pupils attending Liverpool Secondary School in Actonville, Benoni, have mobilised and are getting to grips with the issues by assisting the principal and teachers to restore discipline and order. Getting involved and having criminal elements and drug pushers arrested and brought to justice is one way of rooting out undesirable behaviour, but cutting the purse strings and the pocket-money if children don't respect their parents is also effective. [continues 663 words]