Yeah well it is all admittedly not always easy to have an opinion...
The other day I took the kids to Rockwood Park. It was early in the morning, not too humid yet, and the park was packed.
At some point, some daycare or summer camp unleashed its kids unto the playground, and boy were they OBNOXIOUS.
They ganged up and bullied other kids. They mouthed off to the grownups who tried to control them. They used foul language. And they were pretty unpleasant in general. Slack jawed and defiant faced. The older girls already strutting their stuff to be, although I doubt there was anybody older than 10 among them.
And I thought: There ARE some advantages to not having a vibrant street life. I mean, I certainly would not want my kids to play with those kids.
But the kids in my neighborhood are good kids, so I really wouldn't mind if they hung out unsupervised.
Well, in a few years, I guess we'll see...
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