Kids being kids!

Cherry_Bomb

Catmom wrote: »

The same age as Robert Thompson, Jon Venables, and Mary Bell. The age of criminal responsibility. Who all, presumably, started off with "one bit of bad behaviour". Things need to be nipped in the bud.

the likes of the above began with reported torturing of animals.
Please get some perspective. Kids throwing a scooter at a car is in nowhere near the same category of those you've mentioned.

I would definitely tell the parents and see how they react.

MarilynMonroe_2

Exactly, and sorry but what an insult to compare some kids who threw a scooter in a strop to child killers!

I mean, come on and get real here. I wonder about the mentalities of some of the people on threads like this.

Fire_Fox

I wouldn't answer the door either if someone 'proper furious' 'stormed' over. Best thing to do is speak with the parents in a calm and adult manner or you could end up with the police at your own door.

zaksmum

I wouldn't turn a blind eye to kids throwing a scooter at my car.

That's crossing the line.

neneromanova

Cherry_Bomb wrote: »

the likes of the above began with reported torturing of animals.
Please get some perspective. Kids throwing a scooter at a car is in nowhere near the same category of those you've mentioned.

I would definitely tell the parents and see how they react.

How do you know that behind closed doors they don't already do this?

Riversong

I would approach the parents. If they choose to be evasive them you'll probably not get far eith them when you do see them.

I echo some of the other comments. If you live on an estate or have unstable neighbours then further action might not be a good idea. Close communities like those on estates can be vengeful. Heck some neighbours kick up a fuss if you work and are able to provide your children with better things than theirs.

Yes this might not be true of all areas, great for you if you have good neighbours or a good community. Not all of us can be that lucky.

3v3

Riversong wrote: »

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I echo some of the other comments. If you live on an estate or have unstable neighbours then further action might not be a good idea. Close communities like those on estates can be vengeful...

So, you are saying, do nothing about poor behaviour due to fear of repercussions: from grown up bullies!?

Bullies get away with being bullies simply *because* [STRIKE]society[/STRIKE] their local community lets them.

And this is why anti-social behaviour is such a huge issue these days.

When I was growing up if one of us was seen by a neighbour to be doing something which we shouldn't have been, the neighbour told my Mum; the local bobby lived two streets away and if my (widowed) Mum thought she needed support in dealing with any potential issues from myself or my siblings, she would enroll him to "have a chat". She wasn't beyond asking our Headmaster to have a word either! (Totally embarassing!!). As children, the neighbours felt no qualms about telling us to "Stop that!", "Behave" etc.

But, here you are saying, don't make a fuss about a child's poor behaviour because you may feel the wrath of the adult neighbours???? Good!! Because by that definition, they need their social skills upgrading and their own behaviour addressing if that is their collective mentality!

I get so annoyed by this me-me-me society we live in these days; and the bullying mentality it spawns.

Throwing a scooter at a car may not a child-murder make ... but it sure isn't the building blocks of a responsible attitude/grown-up to be, either.

*steps off soap box*