June 13, 2018
I was talking with another adult at the pool about how kids
will jump over (or almost on) people swimming in the Adults Only lane, just to
be spiteful. The really horrible thing about this is that their parents
encourage them to do it.
One almost landed on me yesterday. I wrote a letter to the
head of the Parks District saying that I understood that the lifeguards might
be under a bit of a handicap in dealing with parents who were so clearly not
amenable to reason; but that the kids actually might hurt somebody if they are
not taken in hand.
I started wondering what the consequences would be if they
did actually hurt someone because their parents were encouraging them to be
little jerks.
I’m hoping it would involve jail time—at least for the
parents. (Lots of community service, at the very least, for the kids.)
Thanks
to all that time I spend watching “Law and Order” I thought up a list of
possible offenses: Reckless Endangerment, Grievous Bodily Harm, and
Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor came to mind, just off the top of my
head.
Now I just need a Jack McCoy on my side.
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