Well the misses, my daughter and I went for a walk around our neighborhood the other night. So we are walking and we hear this screaming like someone is being murdered or something. So being the concerned citizens were are we proceded forth. And to our surprise it was a bunch of kids (about 10 of them) acting like a bunch idiots.
So relieved it wasn't a murder we continued on our walk. But these idiots just keep screaming and yelling. So as they walk past us, me being the concerned citizen, I ask if they have special needs. Their reply is "No, you do". Since this was weak rebutal, it just further supported my thoughts that a couple of them may have special needs.
So we continue our walk and as we are walking I see a lady walking towards us, apparently this is one of the kids mother, turns out is was 3 of the kids mother. So comes up to me ask asks why I called her kids retarded. I explained I didn't call them retards, I just asked if they had special needs. And offered my opinion that if they didn't, she may want to get them tested to make sure. This apparently didn't sit well with the mother. She tells me I have mental issues, i tell her she may be right, but I would still get the kids tested. Then she procedes to ask me why I approached her kids, I informed her i never approached her kids and I was just concerned. She then asks how I would like the police at my house. I tell her that would be fine, but I really can't think of why they would be there. But anyway she goes back inside with her "special" kids.
About this time Mack, my daughter, decides her back pack is coming off and needs it fixed. This just happens to be infront of the mothers house. So we stop on the sidewalk to fix Mack's backpack. Then we hear the mother scream out the window that she is going to call the cops if we dont' get off of her property. My wife politely informs her that we are on township property not hers. So we get the backpack on my daughter and continue our walk home.
About 2/3 of the way home a truck pulls up ahead of us and now the father of 3 of the kids gets out. Allison thinks he wants to fight or something. He walks up to me and gets in my face and asks what went on. He said he needed to know so he knew what corrective actions to take with his kids. I explained that I asked his kids along with 10 or so others if they had special needs. And I explained why I asked such a question. He was satisfied with the answer and left. Again we continued our walk home, the rest of the walk was pretty uneventful.
Now I know some of you are out there saying...WTF...why am I talking to bunch of 12 year olds. Well here is my answer, our neighborhood is a quiet family orientated neighborhood and I would like to keep it that way. I don't need a bunch of kids roaming the streets screaming t the top of their lungs. Now the kids live 2 streets away from me, so it doesn't bother me much, but I am sure it has to be annoying to the others tht live near them. Also in my opinion the whole reason kids are the way they are today is because parents or others don't care anymore and allow kids to get away with too much, kids (as well as other people) have no respect for each other any more. They are allowed to do what they want when they want with no or few concequences. So I am doing my part (maybe more than my part) to try to what I see is correcting this. There are also 2 other reasons, 1) I can be a bit of an asshole at times 2) they were annoying me and no one else was doing anything.
Let me know what you think, was I wrong?
