I agree with the above posters, and want to stress to you to keep a camera handy. That way, if the police are ever involved, if it gets down to he said/she said, you will have evidence to back up your statements.
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I agree with the above posters, and want to stress to you to keep a camera handy. That way, if the police are ever involved, if it gets down to he said/she said, you will have evidence to back up your statements.
I agree with all of you, that it's not a good idea to say something to the young folk sometimes, because you don't know what they'll do later. And I usually don't. Almost never, in fact. But that ATV tearing up behind our homes with kids all around...
This street is all young kids, and if there aren't at least 50 little ones along this stretch I'll be surprised.
But I realised I should have added something very important that happened later Sunday afternoon. Something much more positive.
Nothing to do with the first incident, but my youngest, Charlie (6) was playing up the road and a few kids around his age and a bit older picked on him, ganged up on him. He came home sad. About 5 minutes later a different teen girl (somewhere from 14-16), hair dyed pink, marched her 7 year old brother down (not physically, he was just walking with her). She approached my wife and I and said this was her brother and she had seen him and a few others picking on Charlie. She said she hates bullying and told us her brother wanted to apologize to Charlie. And he did. And he promised not to do it again.
I want to stress this older sister wasn't acting like a bully toward her younger brother, she acted just as a mother would in this situation. I think she cares for her brother a lot.
But that was nice. Not all teens are bad. In fact, the vast majority are good. And anti-bullying programs have gone a long way in the last decade to improve things.
It's nice to hear that not all families just let their kids get away with stuff - that siblings can stand up for what's right when they see something wrong. I agree that anti-bullying programs have definitely started to change behaviour and reduce youngsters' tolerance for seeing and condoning bad behaviour in their peer group.
Also, 8 kids, Dave?!?! :eek: You and your wife deserve medals! No wonder your avatar kitty looks kind of overwhelmed ;)
I'm happy to hear about the concerned girl who made her brother see the wrong. What a nice and thoughtful surprise. That's a good kid :D
the girl that marched her brother over, good girl!
my daughter is 6 yrs older than my monkey of a son, he's 3 now. i know she will be keeping close tabs on him when he's older! haha.
I agree with Lynn and Sally. Report to the police. Both the fact that a 14 yr old was illegally driving an ATV on public property, endangering the community AND issued threats to your family. The police will likely pay a "visit" to the girl and her family and she will know you mean business.