08.11.09, 07:54 AM 3 replies
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Our playground is near some housing projects and there are often kids there who are being "supervised" by other kids. They play pretty rough, use foul language and knock over toddlers. On a couple of occasions, my husband has said something and they got mouthy and said, "what are you going to do about it?"

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  • Our playground is near some housing projects and there are often kids there who are being "supervised" by other kids. They play pretty rough, use foul language and knock over toddlers. On a couple of occasions, my husband has said something and they got mouthy and said, "what are you going to do about it?"

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    08.11.09, 07:54 AM Flag ]
    • "your" playground is "their" playground too.

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      08.11.09, 07:58 AM Flag
    • It helps sometimes with older kids to be firm but treat them as intelligent beings. "I know you know better than to run over little kids and use bad language around them." Other than that you just have to avoid I'm afraid.

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      08.11.09, 08:23 AM Flag
      • ITA. I've been pleasantly surprised when talking to teenagers on the playground or subway that they will do the right thing. They're just kids too and can easily forgt what the right thing is.

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        08.11.09, 08:29 AM Flag
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