Okay, so yes, kids are kids, and I am sure that when I was younger, I did crazy things too. Well, crazy is one thing, but rude and inappropriate is another. Since we have bought our house, kids have thrown their garbage in our yard, ran through our yard, jumped our back fence, and even shined a stupid laser pen into our windows. For the most part, we just brush it off and don't make much of a scene, except for this one time, when this kid totally dropped his candy bar wrapper in the ditch in front of our house, and Nick saw him do it, picked the wrapper up and walked over to the kid and said, "hey you dropped this!" That was funny, and that was a total run on sentence sorry.
So, this brings me to the latest. Last night after dinner, we were sitting in the front room. Nick was looking out the back window and noticed this kid on the other side of the fence. He was ducking behind the big pine tree almost hiding. Then Nick said, "please don't tell me that kid is going to pee outside." I looked out the window and sure enough this kid probably ten years old, was undoing his pants and was getting ready to pee. COME ON PEOPLE. So, Nick goes to the back door, and opens it, yells,' HEY YOU CAN'T PEE THERE, I GOT LITTLE KIDS HERE!!!!!" I know he scared the kid which probably made him pee all over his pants, but oh well. I mean, take the two minutes, go inside and use a toilet. I enjoy living in St. Helens, but honestly, there are some white trash people around here. Kids peeing outside, and stealing unripe strawberries (that was for you Toshia). I just wish parents would take charge and teach manners.
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3 comments:
Here here!! The kids that live in the apartments we manage are juvinile delinquints!! Seriously, parenting is a JOB, You don't just pop kids out then let them raise themselves!!! (I think you hit a nerve) :)
How awful! Yes, kids can be trouble...The thing that annoys me is when the PARENTS don't do anything about it! I hate that! In Minnesota, there was a bus stop at the corner of our lot. Kids used to run all over our new landscaping (which wasn't cheap, by the way!), and the parents would just stand there and let them do it. They'd throw mulch and rocks from the landscaping into our yard. Big problem. So, I just stood out there on our front step and watched them like a hawk a few times, and a friend across the street (she was the gossiper of the neighborhood) helped me out and decided to let these parents know to not have their kids do that. I'm sure if kids were in their yard throwing mulch and rocks into the grass from the new landscaping, they wouldn't be happy about it. Anyway, this behavior stopped for awhile, until it started up again. Solution: Zak and I just turned on the sprinklers to run at a certain time everyday (what do you know, bus stop time!). Not only did all the parents and kids move across the street, but we had no more issues. Gotta love sprinkler systems! haha :)
Wow that is really frustrating! I am glad that you are doing well. Moms are the best. I don't know what I would do without my mom.
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