Ding dong ditching and cops brought home

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I see it got resurrected. Update:

The next day I made sure all the parents knew. Some kids had already told their parents as we discussed. They all were surprised the police were called but they were glad I told them what the police told them about being shot at. And that it was a sad state of affairs that it has come to this.

And to be clear it’s not like they were in a police car. The police came to my house because the boys told them where they were staying and the boys walked back over from half a block away.

They certainly learned their lesson. Nobody thinks what they did was OK.

I'm still stunned that you waited until the next day. TBH we would have dropped you and your family from our kid's friend list for how badly you handled the incident.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I see it got resurrected. Update:

The next day I made sure all the parents knew. Some kids had already told their parents as we discussed. They all were surprised the police were called but they were glad I told them what the police told them about being shot at. And that it was a sad state of affairs that it has come to this.

And to be clear it’s not like they were in a police car. The police came to my house because the boys told them where they were staying and the boys walked back over from half a block away.

They certainly learned their lesson. Nobody thinks what they did was OK.

I'm still stunned that you waited until the next day. TBH we would have dropped you and your family from our kid's friend list for how badly you handled the incident.

I probably would’ve said good riddance then.

[Anonymous]

Can't believe OP didn't apologize to the neighbors. What a loser.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I see it got resurrected. Update:

The next day I made sure all the parents knew. Some kids had already told their parents as we discussed. They all were surprised the police were called but they were glad I told them what the police told them about being shot at. And that it was a sad state of affairs that it has come to this.

And to be clear it’s not like they were in a police car. The police came to my house because the boys told them where they were staying and the boys walked back over from half a block away.

They certainly learned their lesson. Nobody thinks what they did was OK.

I'm still stunned that you waited until the next day. TBH we would have dropped you and your family from our kid's friend list for how badly you handled the incident.

Don't think the OP would have cared. No one wants helicopter mom friends anyway. It was a DOORBELL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They should be made to go apologize in person to the people whose doors they knocked on, that sort of personal accountability will make them think twice before messing with other people again. And let's call it what it is -- messing with other people. Messing with their sleep, their peace and quiet, maybe their peace of mind. Some people here clearly think it's okay to do that, that it's not a big deal. I personally think it's sending the wrong message to anyone, and especially boys, that they can do that and it's okay.

This is probably colored by my own experience. We had a night of ding-dong-ditchers of a group of teen boys in my old neighborhood and it escalated to where they were not only pounding violently on people's front doors, they were jumping on cars up and down the street at 2 a.m. My DH and I woke up terrified that someone was trying to break in. He grabbed a ballbat when he went to the door, and multiple neighbors on the street would have answered the door with guns. The boys caused tens of thousands of dollars of damage to vehicles, including to my DH's vehicle.

We found out later that ONE boy of the group, when he saw how things were going sideways, left to go home and not participate. I sometimes think about the amount of guts that took and hope I could raise my kids to be like that boy. The rest of them got picked up by the police and identities confirmed w/ various doorbell cameras. They had to go through the court system and pay at least some restitution to the people.

We had another incident in our old neighborhood where someone's kid was roaming at night, crawled into someone else's house through a dog door and set their place on fire.

You never know what your kid might get up to when they are roaming at night with no adult supervision, but you can bet that, being teenagers, they will egg each other on and dare each other to do things that they know they wouldn't get away with if they were with their parents.

Please stop Karen

Seriously. They...rang a doorbell.

I firmly believe this is one troll making it into a big deal with repeated posts. No one cares about ding dong ditch.

When my kids are teens in middle school, if this is the most trouble they get in, I would be proud. So many are vaping, failing out of school, depressed introverts inside all day looking at screens, and the extra "fun" kids drinking, smoking weed and having sex. Gotta love the two pregnant 8th graders in our future middle school.

And every last one of us was outside playing jailbreak and kick the can until 10pm on weekends - then stayed up all night for sleepovers. And yes, a few ding dong ditches and ahh, mischief night was always a blast too.

So let the troll keep trolling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They should be made to go apologize in person to the people whose doors they knocked on, that sort of personal accountability will make them think twice before messing with other people again. And let's call it what it is -- messing with other people. Messing with their sleep, their peace and quiet, maybe their peace of mind. Some people here clearly think it's okay to do that, that it's not a big deal. I personally think it's sending the wrong message to anyone, and especially boys, that they can do that and it's okay.

This is probably colored by my own experience. We had a night of ding-dong-ditchers of a group of teen boys in my old neighborhood and it escalated to where they were not only pounding violently on people's front doors, they were jumping on cars up and down the street at 2 a.m. My DH and I woke up terrified that someone was trying to break in. He grabbed a ballbat when he went to the door, and multiple neighbors on the street would have answered the door with guns. The boys caused tens of thousands of dollars of damage to vehicles, including to my DH's vehicle.

We found out later that ONE boy of the group, when he saw how things were going sideways, left to go home and not participate. I sometimes think about the amount of guts that took and hope I could raise my kids to be like that boy. The rest of them got picked up by the police and identities confirmed w/ various doorbell cameras. They had to go through the court system and pay at least some restitution to the people.

We had another incident in our old neighborhood where someone's kid was roaming at night, crawled into someone else's house through a dog door and set their place on fire.

You never know what your kid might get up to when they are roaming at night with no adult supervision, but you can bet that, being teenagers, they will egg each other on and dare each other to do things that they know they wouldn't get away with if they were with their parents.

Please stop Karen

Seriously. They...rang a doorbell.

I firmly believe this is one troll making it into a big deal with repeated posts. No one cares about ding dong ditch.

When my kids are teens in middle school, if this is the most trouble they get in, I would be proud. So many are vaping, failing out of school, depressed introverts inside all day looking at screens, and the extra "fun" kids drinking, smoking weed and having sex. Gotta love the two pregnant 8th graders in our future middle school.

And every last one of us was outside playing jailbreak and kick the can until 10pm on weekends - then stayed up all night for sleepovers. And yes, a few ding dong ditches and ahh, mischief night was always a blast too.

So let the troll keep trolling.

What you said that you and your friends were doing in middle school is exactly what middle schoolers should be doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They should be made to go apologize in person to the people whose doors they knocked on, that sort of personal accountability will make them think twice before messing with other people again. And let's call it what it is -- messing with other people. Messing with their sleep, their peace and quiet, maybe their peace of mind. Some people here clearly think it's okay to do that, that it's not a big deal. I personally think it's sending the wrong message to anyone, and especially boys, that they can do that and it's okay.

This is probably colored by my own experience. We had a night of ding-dong-ditchers of a group of teen boys in my old neighborhood and it escalated to where they were not only pounding violently on people's front doors, they were jumping on cars up and down the street at 2 a.m. My DH and I woke up terrified that someone was trying to break in. He grabbed a ballbat when he went to the door, and multiple neighbors on the street would have answered the door with guns. The boys caused tens of thousands of dollars of damage to vehicles, including to my DH's vehicle.

We found out later that ONE boy of the group, when he saw how things were going sideways, left to go home and not participate. I sometimes think about the amount of guts that took and hope I could raise my kids to be like that boy. The rest of them got picked up by the police and identities confirmed w/ various doorbell cameras. They had to go through the court system and pay at least some restitution to the people.

We had another incident in our old neighborhood where someone's kid was roaming at night, crawled into someone else's house through a dog door and set their place on fire.

You never know what your kid might get up to when they are roaming at night with no adult supervision, but you can bet that, being teenagers, they will egg each other on and dare each other to do things that they know they wouldn't get away with if they were with their parents.

Please stop Karen

Seriously. They...rang a doorbell.

I firmly believe this is one troll making it into a big deal with repeated posts. No one cares about ding dong ditch.

When my kids are teens in middle school, if this is the most trouble they get in, I would be proud. So many are vaping, failing out of school, depressed introverts inside all day looking at screens, and the extra "fun" kids drinking, smoking weed and having sex. Gotta love the two pregnant 8th graders in our future middle school.

And every last one of us was outside playing jailbreak and kick the can until 10pm on weekends - then stayed up all night for sleepovers. And yes, a few ding dong ditches and ahh, mischief night was always a blast too.

So let the troll keep trolling.

Agree!!!

What’s mischief night though?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I see it got resurrected. Update:

The next day I made sure all the parents knew. Some kids had already told their parents as we discussed. They all were surprised the police were called but they were glad I told them what the police told them about being shot at. And that it was a sad state of affairs that it has come to this.

And to be clear it’s not like they were in a police car. The police came to my house because the boys told them where they were staying and the boys walked back over from half a block away.

They certainly learned their lesson. Nobody thinks what they did was OK.

I'm still stunned that you waited until the next day. TBH we would have dropped you and your family from our kid's friend list for how badly you handled the incident.

You're clearly in the minority on this. You either don't have teens or don't have any life experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I see it got resurrected. Update:

The next day I made sure all the parents knew. Some kids had already told their parents as we discussed. They all were surprised the police were called but they were glad I told them what the police told them about being shot at. And that it was a sad state of affairs that it has come to this.

And to be clear it’s not like they were in a police car. The police came to my house because the boys told them where they were staying and the boys walked back over from half a block away.

They certainly learned their lesson. Nobody thinks what they did was OK.

I'm still stunned that you waited until the next day. TBH we would have dropped you and your family from our kid's friend list for how badly you handled the incident.

You're clearly in the minority on this. You either don't have teens or don't have any life experience.

Are you out of your mind? The police were involved and you had to get on a message board to figure oit if you should mention it at all? I would be expecting to know what happened immediately.

[Anonymous]

I can't believe the negative people are when it comes to teens. Are some trouble makers or experimenting? Yes, but that doesn't they all are or even alot of them are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I see it got resurrected. Update:

The next day I made sure all the parents knew. Some kids had already told their parents as we discussed. They all were surprised the police were called but they were glad I told them what the police told them about being shot at. And that it was a sad state of affairs that it has come to this.

And to be clear it’s not like they were in a police car. The police came to my house because the boys told them where they were staying and the boys walked back over from half a block away.

They certainly learned their lesson. Nobody thinks what they did was OK.

I'm still stunned that you waited until the next day. TBH we would have dropped you and your family from our kid's friend list for how badly you handled the incident.

You're clearly in the minority on this. You either don't have teens or don't have any life experience.

Are you out of your mind? The police were involved and you had to get on a message board to figure oit if you should mention it at all? I would be expecting to know what happened immediately.

The police were involved because someone actually called 911 on a ding dong ditch. Do you think the police were like "this is a valid use of our time?"

Give me a break. Go back to the preschooler board pls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I see it got resurrected. Update:

The next day I made sure all the parents knew. Some kids had already told their parents as we discussed. They all were surprised the police were called but they were glad I told them what the police told them about being shot at. And that it was a sad state of affairs that it has come to this.

And to be clear it’s not like they were in a police car. The police came to my house because the boys told them where they were staying and the boys walked back over from half a block away.

They certainly learned their lesson. Nobody thinks what they did was OK.

I'm still stunned that you waited until the next day. TBH we would have dropped you and your family from our kid's friend list for how badly you handled the incident.

You're clearly in the minority on this. You either don't have teens or don't have any life experience.

Are you out of your mind? The police were involved and you had to get on a message board to figure oit if you should mention it at all? I would be expecting to know what happened immediately.

The police were involved because someone actually called 911 on a ding dong ditch. Do you think the police were like "this is a valid use of our time?"

Give me a break. Go back to the preschooler board pls.

My kid is brown skinned and also really tall. From a distance you might think he is older than he is. If this were my kid at the OP’s house? In addition to being annoyed at him for being inconsiderate and pulling stupid stuff, I would also be worried about a Trayvon Martin type of incident. So no, my kid doesn’t get to do something like this. Even if his friends are doing it. And if he did? I would want to know right away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I see it got resurrected. Update:

The next day I made sure all the parents knew. Some kids had already told their parents as we discussed. They all were surprised the police were called but they were glad I told them what the police told them about being shot at. And that it was a sad state of affairs that it has come to this.

And to be clear it’s not like they were in a police car. The police came to my house because the boys told them where they were staying and the boys walked back over from half a block away.

They certainly learned their lesson. Nobody thinks what they did was OK.

I'm still stunned that you waited until the next day. TBH we would have dropped you and your family from our kid's friend list for how badly you handled the incident.

You're clearly in the minority on this. You either don't have teens or don't have any life experience.

Not in the minority. I would be irate if you decided not to tell me the police brought my child home when I had entrusted you with him. It's just common courtesy to let me know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They should be made to go apologize in person to the people whose doors they knocked on, that sort of personal accountability will make them think twice before messing with other people again. And let's call it what it is -- messing with other people. Messing with their sleep, their peace and quiet, maybe their peace of mind. Some people here clearly think it's okay to do that, that it's not a big deal. I personally think it's sending the wrong message to anyone, and especially boys, that they can do that and it's okay.

This is probably colored by my own experience. We had a night of ding-dong-ditchers of a group of teen boys in my old neighborhood and it escalated to where they were not only pounding violently on people's front doors, they were jumping on cars up and down the street at 2 a.m. My DH and I woke up terrified that someone was trying to break in. He grabbed a ballbat when he went to the door, and multiple neighbors on the street would have answered the door with guns. The boys caused tens of thousands of dollars of damage to vehicles, including to my DH's vehicle.

We found out later that ONE boy of the group, when he saw how things were going sideways, left to go home and not participate. I sometimes think about the amount of guts that took and hope I could raise my kids to be like that boy. The rest of them got picked up by the police and identities confirmed w/ various doorbell cameras. They had to go through the court system and pay at least some restitution to the people.

We had another incident in our old neighborhood where someone's kid was roaming at night, crawled into someone else's house through a dog door and set their place on fire.

You never know what your kid might get up to when they are roaming at night with no adult supervision, but you can bet that, being teenagers, they will egg each other on and dare each other to do things that they know they wouldn't get away with if they were with their parents.

Please stop Karen

Seriously. They...rang a doorbell.

I firmly believe this is one troll making it into a big deal with repeated posts. No one cares about ding dong ditch.

When my kids are teens in middle school, if this is the most trouble they get in, I would be proud. So many are vaping, failing out of school, depressed introverts inside all day looking at screens, and the extra "fun" kids drinking, smoking weed and having sex. Gotta love the two pregnant 8th graders in our future middle school.

And every last one of us was outside playing jailbreak and kick the can until 10pm on weekends - then stayed up all night for sleepovers. And yes, a few ding dong ditches and ahh, mischief night was always a blast too.

So let the troll keep trolling.

Agree!!!

What’s mischief night though?

Not the PP but Halloween Eve teens go out and do mischief in their neighborhood. TP houses, ding dong ditch, add Halloween decorations to houses that had none, soap cars, switch porch furniture, etc… I had it growing up in NJ and it was so much fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I see it got resurrected. Update:

The next day I made sure all the parents knew. Some kids had already told their parents as we discussed. They all were surprised the police were called but they were glad I told them what the police told them about being shot at. And that it was a sad state of affairs that it has come to this.

And to be clear it’s not like they were in a police car. The police came to my house because the boys told them where they were staying and the boys walked back over from half a block away.

They certainly learned their lesson. Nobody thinks what they did was OK.

I'm still stunned that you waited until the next day. TBH we would have dropped you and your family from our kid's friend list for how badly you handled the incident.

Same. There is no way they would be part of our friend group. I can't think of any family in our friend group that wouldn't do the same thing and drop the family.