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Re: Skate Park
I agree with you, we can find good at bad places, but what if your child was
one of the ones that was not aloud a "second turn"? You would not notice
the well behaved people, only the one that was cut off by a skater, perhaps
hurting him, possibly seriously.
-Kacey
Jennifer Swanberg wrote:
> I drove by the skate park the other day, and yes, I did see some wild
> and unruly
> hair, I did see some loose, unkempt, "skater" clothing and I did see a
> group of
> males and females off to the side in what appeared to be flirtatious
> behaviors.
> I can imagine this might be frightening to some parents..
>
> I also saw kids having fun and expressing themselves through their
> personal
> styles, they were taking turns, teaching each other skills, letting
> smaller kids
> take a second turn. Not all were so admirably behaved, but most were.
>
> I think we find joy where we look for it.
>
> Cheers,
> Jennifer
>
> Kacey Krehbiel wrote:
>
> > If you had a young son or daughter between the ages of 6-12 when they
> are
> > beginning to recieve influences from the outside you would most likely
> want
> > them to have good influences. The skate park has only the influences
> of
> > swearing, smoking, and sometimes illegal behavior.
> >
> > Bill London wrote:
> >
> > > I am surprised to read that the new skate park is a place parents do
> not
> > > want their kids to go to.....
> > > Though my daughter is now too old for such things, I did not think
> of the
> > > park as a place I would refuse to let her hang out at....
> > > Why is it viewed as a bad place?
> > > BL
> > >
> > > Kacey Krehbiel wrote:
> > >
> > > > I want to address the topic of good quality places for teens of
> Moscowto
> > > > go. There are a few places that teens go around the city.
> However, Few
> > > > require money, or are not places parents would wnat their
> children, i.e.
> > > > the Skate Park. I think we need to make places for our teens and
> > > > children to go that they would want to.
> > > >
> > > > -Thank you
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