Chevy Chase Halloween candy bowl "scandal"

[Anonymous]

can't believe most of you are blaming the homeowner. I feel sorry for all of us who will have to eventually deal with your kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Horrible that someone actually posted a video of the kids.

Because the Chevy Chase moderator allows this. And, when the Post reporter tried to contact her, she was non responsive.

We are on security cameras every day, all day long. We live in a society with near constant surveillance. Not sure why there is outrage over this since it is a constant. People shouldn't excuse the kids nor should we excuse the homeowner for his over-reaction. IMO, everyone involved was wrong.

[Anonymous]

If a kid had come up on the porch and picked up their pumpkin and smashed it - and the kid was caught on video camera doing it - would it be o.k. to post a video on the neighborhood listserv where the parent might see it and discipline their kid.

Or would it be better for the homeowner to call the cops and let them deal with the perp?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids that take the whole bowl = prime candidates for future Wells Fargo, Lehman Brothers, Enron, etc.

People who draw that comparison are prime candidates for anger management.

It's kids whose parents excuse that kind of behavior that perpetuate rape culture, white privilege, etc

[Anonymous]

This is so interesting - my first reaction (I'm on the listserv) was that it was not okay to post the video of these kids. It was a public shaming that I'm not okay with. OTOH, the *behavior* was wrong - if they had just described it and people commented on it then I think that's fine. I'm surprised that this thread is 7 pages long and nobody is really discussing the video part of this. Kids make mistakes and a whole bowl of unattended candy is tempting, but parents should still let their kids know it is not okay.

spot on .. and the poster who said that if they had seen their kids doing this on the video, they would have realized that they had 100% failed as parents .. give me a break!!!! Good kids make bad decisions sometimes. As far as bad decisions go, this is a pretty minor one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a kid had come up on the porch and picked up their pumpkin and smashed it - and the kid was caught on video camera doing it - would it be o.k. to post a video on the neighborhood listserv where the parent might see it and discipline their kid.

Or would it be better for the homeowner to call the cops and let them deal with the perp?

It would be better to let some things go from time to time. Not everything is evidence of the decline of morality and ethics. Sometimes kids do dumb and/or destructive things. That doesn't make it right, but it is part of growing up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a kid had come up on the porch and picked up their pumpkin and smashed it - and the kid was caught on video camera doing it - would it be o.k. to post a video on the neighborhood listserv where the parent might see it and discipline their kid.

Or would it be better for the homeowner to call the cops and let them deal with the perp?

Pretty sure you would either be laughed at or hung up on if you called the cops about this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only idiots leave a whole bowl of candy on their front step. Drunks who are too busy drinking to actually hand out candy. Just turn off you lights for goodness sake.

This is CC, did they hire lawyers yet... that is my favorite part of CC.

Doesn't CC "own" the police department, have they blamed the police for not doing their job.

Oh, CC, I miss living there... not!

I'm not sure if you were trying to be funny , but I found your comment hilarious .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids that take the whole bowl = prime candidates for future Wells Fargo, Lehman Brothers, Enron, etc.

People who draw that comparison are prime candidates for anger management.

It's kids whose parents excuse that kind of behavior that perpetuate rape culture, white privilege, etc

* sips tea*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why you'd put the bowl out anyway. Halloween is supposed to be about the interaction between trick or treaters and neighbors. Not an opportunity to collect candy in the abstract.

Way to make excuses you asshat

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's baiting

It's baiting if you're going to be "shocked" when the candy isn't allocated as you hope. If you don't care one way or another, fine.

The person who posted the video is a douche, IMO

+10000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why you'd put the bowl out anyway. Halloween is supposed to be about the interaction between trick or treaters and neighbors. Not an opportunity to collect candy in the abstract.

And I don't understand what is so hard to understand. We put a bowl of candy out with a note to please take two pieces each because my family enjoys trick or treating as a family. Neither my husband nor I want to be left at home while the other is having fun with our kids, seeing our neighbors and friends. Yet, we want to make sure that those trick or treating can collect some candy. It is really quite simple.

Ok then as long as you understand a kid will likely take the whole bowl, fine. you broke the social compact of "trick or treat" and so you got a trick.

I really could care less

Nice try. And, even assuming you had used the phrase properly, why are you posting?

[Anonymous]

If you put a bowl of candy out for people to take and people took it WHY IS THIS AN ISSUE? The candy was taken. Why does it matter if two kids took it or 20 kids took it? You people are insane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Horrible that someone actually posted a video of the kids.

How exactly was this horrible? Life has consequences. Don't act like an a-hole if you don't want people to know you're an a-hole - you never know when a camera is recording.

Because they are minors and not adults and their identies should be shielded to protect their privacy. They took candy and did not commit a robbery, even if they had because they are minors, law enforcement would not have disclosed their identities or images.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids that take the whole bowl = prime candidates for future Wells Fargo, Lehman Brothers, Enron, etc.

People who draw that comparison are prime candidates for anger management.

This PP wasn't the first. And, yes, this is how it starts. Teaching entitlement is a long, slow process and a lot of wealthy parents are sadly very good at it. (Poor parents, too, to some extent, but they get caught in the net a lot earlier and have a lot fewer opportunities to instill entitlement.) By itself, excusing stealing all the candy doesn't do anything, but add in parents who drive the biggest vehicles in the worst way, screw over neighbors and acquaintances, don't follow "little" rules (car pool, anyone?), don't enforce manners... Yes, adult behavior is very much guided by values instilled in childhood.