yehh 1st day of school holidays and already a gang of youths have been moved on from our road.
which begs the question do you know what your children are doing and where they are ?
i know you get some parents who just dont give a toss about what there children are up to but most would be not happy if they got a knock on the door from pc plod telling them there kid had been hanging about in a gang causing trouble.
if you have a kid mayby its worth just been more aware of what your little one is doing.

What were these young people doing exactly?

So when you was a child DID your parents know where you were at all times during the school holidays?
Not EVERY child off school is a youth & hangs about in a gang
Would you prefer to have all school children sat in front of the TV or on a games console ALL school holidays, particular on a nice day like today?

Mine are in the back garden chasing the dog and thier laughter is a joy today. No doubt when it gets too cold they will be in moving from cupboard to cupboard like a plague of locusts :)

So when you was a child DID your parents know where you were at all times during the school holidays?


Simple answer - Yes, because my parents (or parent to be exact) cared enough to want to know I was safe.

What were these young people doing exactly?

smashing up someones drainpipe and going in other peoples gardens why do you think thats ok ?

Depends on the age of the children, I ALWAYS know where my young daughter is, but the eldest is 18 so no I don't know where he is even though he does tell me where he is going. The relaxed parenting by a lot of parents seems to be normal now, even by middle class parents, and the McCanns have made it acceptable. If anything goes wrong then blame someone else. Sad but true.

smashing up someones drainpipe and going in other peoples gardens why do you think thats ok ?

No ofcourse not, I just wondered what they were doing.

edit: btw my youngest is at the stables with his cousin mucking out and the eldest is in the shower.

So when you was a child DID your parents know where you were at all times during the school holidays?
Not EVERY child off school is a youth & hangs about in a gang
Would you prefer to have all school children sat in front of the TV or on a games console ALL school holidays, particular on a nice day like today?

EXACTLY! Not ALL young people hang around causing trouble. Just that we don't hear about the kids that are well behaved, just the thuggish ones who hit the media headlines.

So when you was a child DID your parents know where you were at all times during the school holidays?
Not EVERY child off school is a youth & hangs about in a gang
Would you prefer to have all school children sat in front of the TV or on a games console ALL school holidays, particular on a nice day like today?

yes they did but then again i respected other peoples property and if its a toss up between kids siting in front of a tv all day or watching them ruin the area i live in i know which option i would choose.

My little un is playing call of duty on line and I get a email notification everytime he levels up.

He's also been in the garden with the dog, meadowhall with his mum and the hairdressers to get his mullet hacked back.

I know exactly where he is and I've been at work since 8:15am.

Its depends on their age, you stated be more aware of what your little one is doing at the end of your sentence, it doesn't sound like you are referring to LITTLE ONES!
MY LITTLE ONE one is on next door neighbours back garden & MY big ones are at work, like I said previously NOT every school child hangs around in a gang

My big one just disappeared out the door to see his mates. I have no clue where he will go from there, but he has his phone on him, a curfew and believe it or not I trust him. :)

There is a big difference of kids being in a gang of kids playing and a gang of kids being little ****s!

My big one just disappeared out the door to see his mates. I have no clue where he will go from there, but he has his phone on him, a curfew and believe it or not I trust him. :)

What's he on curfew for?

What's he on curfew for?

lol - my curfew. He has a set time to walk through the door or his time to come in gets earlier by half an hour.

My little ones just come in & wants to make some buns
I've had to say no because I'm about to take him to see his sick grandad
Is that BAD of me?
Maybe I could leave him home alone or even lock him out for a few hours what do you think?

edit: btw my youngest is at the stables with his cousin making out and the eldest is in the shower.

Strange family..

Strange family..

It has been in the news about inbreeding today:hihi:

Oi! Stop tampering with my posts! :P

My little ones just come in & wants to make some buns
I've had to say no because I'm about to take him to see his sick grandad
Is that BAD of me?
Maybe I could leave him home alone or even lock him out for a few hours what do you think?

well thats up to you but its a bit cold out...okay joking aside
i need to make my post bit clearer cause when i posted was really angry .
theres been a lot of problems of late round my area and up until i recived a phone call a 30 mins ago i felt like i was the only one and was going round in circles i now know iam not alone and the powers that be are aware and trying to deal with this problem.
first off my post is not ment as a attack on good parents or ment to say your kids should never leave the house it was ment as a how ever hard you try sometimes you might not be aware of who your child is hanging around with it takes one bad apple to ruin a barrall and sometimes peer pressuire can cause this.
i am having a go at bad parents the ones who dont even control there child and lets them do what they want as long as its not in front of there home.
i live near one and i think most people will have had this at some point.
as i get older i find it hard to judge kids ages so what i might call little might not actully be that little.
hope this makes clears some stuff up a bit its not that easy sometimes to put things into writeing.

My little one is having his afternoon nap, but he'll be awake very soon I should think.

It's such a shame that a lot of young people have very few areas where they can play safely and without disturbing other people. In a lot of the built up areas of the city attempts to provide play areas are usually ruined by vanalism of those who are probably to old to play there, but too young to go anywhere else.

I have a certain amount of sympathy for teenagers (and also the people who are intimidated or disturbed by them), they seem to get a raw deal as any more than two of them and they're branded a 'gang' and if they make any noise at all they're a 'nuisance'.

We could do with a play centre aimed at the older kids - do you remember the fun house at Blackpool pleasure beach? Get some of the teenagers in somewhere like that where they can expend lots of energy but still be safe (actually i'd like one for adults too)! It would be fab. Have a milk/juice bar in there at prices the kids can afford and I bet it would be a hit.

at the moment i have a group of kids on my back garden playing rounders they are not allowed out of my gate to play on the front? i have total respect for my neighbours and property but u cannot keep children in the house all day and not let out to let steam off

I have the opposite problem, since moving here 15 months ago my eldest (15) hardly goes out, He went out a couple of times as he first made a few friends but having been asked once by the police to keep the noise down, (It was about 9pm and noise was the only problem) he decided he would rather stay in on an evening so he couldn't be blamed for any trouble caused (we do get a lot of trouble in the area due to local teens.

Since then I have had my next door neighbours stop me countless times accusing him of being involved when he has been sat in the front room watching tv with me. He complains at my son for standing outside my front door talking to his friends, (daytime and quietly)

Seems I can't win, my neighbour would much prefer me to send my son away and not know where he is and what he's doing

Mine was in the garden all afternoon having a grass fight.It was too nice today to keep the kids indoors

My big one just disappeared out the door to see his mates. I have no clue where he will go from there, but he has his phone on him, a curfew and believe it or not I trust him. :)


Same here mostly. Youngest son (15 in August) has gone to
see his girlfriend, her family are at home as well and he will be
back for 6pm. Daughter is here watching Tv and oldest sons
are out at work (19,17) :)

Aye we had the first illegal motorbike fly down the road today, he'll learn that his hoody won't stop brain damage the hard way :rolleyes:

Too true :rolleyes:

Shock horror newsflash. Teenage son leaves house, goes god knows where with his bike... missing for 5 hours, turns up just in time for tea with his uniform washed and ironed by his mates mum (he left it there)

His day included, football in Hillsborough Park, checking out a mates new XBox and fixing said bike.

Kids today eh! :P

I know where my kids was today. they robbed a bank..........there piggy bank lol

You have to let kids have some sort of freedom and trust. My daughter is nearly 12 and sometimes she goes out to the park with a lot of friends but I am sure they do not go to cause any trouble. Not all kids are bad. She did spend all today inside with me saying why dont you make the most of the nice weather!

I have the opposite problem, since moving here 15 months ago my eldest (15) hardly goes out,

My sister has the same problem with her eldest - she won't go out of the house at all except for school. She's even refusing to go on holiday! They normally go away half-term but because she's refusing to go they've stayed at home :confused:

The middle one goes here there and everywhere - guides, horse riding, violin lessons... she'd fill every minute of every day doing stuff if she could.

The youngest wanted to do a football masterclass so is going there everyday this week (he's too young to be out alone anyway) and he's taken there and back by his dad.

So sis knows where each of her three are at any time of day and night.