Neighborhood News Roundup: The Village Speaks! Edition
The Village Speaketh : It’s spring break for public school kids in D.C., and according to one concerned resident that means a rise in the number of ruffians roaming the streets. In the MPD4 email list a resident writes,“I just heard that dc public school students will be on spring break next week, which means lots of kids roaming the streets of dc, possibly breaking into cars. What can we do to help police, with lessons learned from the Sanford, FL case?” A resident responded with a suggestion to exploit the children for free labor saying “If you know students in your neighborhood, why not give them a job such as raking leaves or washing your car or bike. If you happen to have the leeway where you work and you feel comfortable with the student and know him or her pretty well, what about taking that student to your workplace and assigning him/her one of those jobs that you've been wanting to get done, but just haven't been able to set aside the time — such as organizing a section of your files or filing papers, or ask his/her opinion about some aspect of your work that could benefit from a different approach because the way it's being done now isn't working as well as it could and should.” Another takes the opportunity to go on a rant about parenting, or the lack there of, “Yes, when youth are out and unsupervised they not only can get into trouble but hurt- by the drug dealers lurking around them, by older kids who would like nothing better than to "initiate" them into a gang. I could go on ad nauseam. Question is "Where are the parents?" They are their children's first and most influential role model. And don't tell me parents are working two jobs and don't have time to supervise them. I was a "latch key" kid by age 11 myself because my dad worked two jobs to support us and my mother was taking care of three perpetually ill grandparents. And I grew up in a very " transitional" neighborhood in New York City. Difference was I had been given responsibility at a young age and didn't have "idle hands" for the devil to play with. There was a reading list to be completed( and if your kid's school doesn't have one-CREATE ONE OR DEMAND ONE!!)), projects to be worked on at the library, a dog to groom and feed, and jobs just like you described Faith that could be completed by children at an early age, such as helping elderly neighbors dispose of their newspapers, sweep their steps and assist them with laundry. Even If I did it for only a "thank you" ( and the occasional milk and cookie snac), I was expected to complete it. And if any of those neighbors saw me doing anything I should not have been doing ,they reported it to my parents. It takes a village to raise our kids!!”
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