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I don't know if this is the right slot for this chat but here goes.Earlier yesterday I was sitting in my backyard which I believe estate agents call " courtyard gardens" when I heard a crash on my garage door (up and over).I went to investigate and discovered that someone had placed a full wheely bin in front of it making it very difficult to open the door.However I managed to get it open and was was confronted with three chrildren between the ages of maybe seven to ten.I asked them who had kicked the wall against the door and who had put the bin against the door but got no answers just smirks. I told them without swearing what I thought about them and lo and behold!!! the parents arrived on the scene. I explained what had happened and the answer I got was that they were visiting relatives and wouldn'd be here again for a while... no sorry or anything for the kids behavour... in fact the father's last words were " they're only kids mate. But what will they grow into if they are not told right and wrong and respect?..............
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Agree with B00... They are kids, that's what kids do.
06:56 Fri 19th Jul 2013
Yes the dad should have apologised for disturbing you but I don't think anything sinister was happening- it seems that a ball they were playing with hit your garage door. I'm not sure what they were doing with the bin, but as a kid in the 60s we'd use dustbins as wickets/ goalposts and used to play'wally' against walls and garage doors
I think using (and I paraphrase) 'kids will be kids' goes someway to explaining the children's behaviour however looking a the bigger picture if their behaviour is not checked by the parent's then where does it end?
They may not grow up to be arsonists and murderers but surely a bit of respect for other people and their property wouldn't go amiss.
They may not grow up to be arsonists and murderers but surely a bit of respect for other people and their property wouldn't go amiss.