Would you buy a house near childrens play area?

Milliewilly

pingu2209 wrote: »

This is a fantastic way to look at life. These young teenagers will very soon be older teenagers and into their 20s. How about treating them with respect and not automatically thinking they are scum because they hang out in the local park at 8 or 9 in the evening.

I really feel for young teenagers. They are too old for staying in with mum and dad but too young for pubs. There is no where for them to go. Youth centres are few and far between.

Perhaps by just speaking to the children and asking them to keep it down and smiling through it, we will find they are polite and understanding.

Nobody has an issue with teenagers hanging about if they are behaving and not drinking / swearing / vandalizing. Same as no one has an issue with well behaved children.

I am one of the posters referred to who google maps for trampolines. My privacy is important as I work from home. I also like to sit in my garden on a nice evening without looking at other people's kids heads bobbing up and down over my fence and looking into my garden.

Perhaps by just speaking to the children and asking them to keep it down and smiling through it, we will find they are polite and understanding.

Do you live in the real world? Cue a barrage of abuse and / or parents steaming round to complain their child has the right to play / hang around a public space / be a nuisance to the neighbourhood.

I tried that ' talking to' tactic when I was a naive 23 year old in my first house that had a gennel down the side. Politeness got me '!!!!!' painted on my garage wall. When I saw the purpotrator in the car with his mum at the petrol station he laid down accross the back seats to hide. Of course his mum was of the opinion her child was angelic. The police attitude was it was a minor thing and much worse could have happened!