rough kids at a public park/playground--call the police?
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My DD, age 16, likes to go to a little playground near her elementary school--Caroline Freeland Park in downtown Bethesda.
There are a lot of kids of all ages who like to go there. There are also rough kids--violent, vaping, dangerous--kids who occasionally show up. My DD has had her glasses broken twice, and once was tackled by some girl who thought my DD was going out with her boyfriend (my DD had no idea who this boy is). I tell her to stay away, but there aren't many places to go and she is drawn there to be with the cool kids, to be with other people, etc. The police do show up after dark (technically the park closes at dusk), and everyone scatters. Even if my daughter wanted to report someone, she doesn't know names, let alone last names or addresses, of the violent kids. I'm at a loss. |
Anonymous
| She can report specific things like being tackled to give the police information that maybe the area needs more frequent patrolling. She can not just report "rough" kids at the park. |
Anonymous
| Wtf-no! Tell your daughter not to go there and put the phone down. |
Anonymous
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If they only show up occasionally your daughter should leave when they arrive. I am not sure what you want the police to do except shoo ALL the kids away.
Your DD 100% knows the names of these kids (or take a picture), especially the one who tackled her. That is assault and she should have gone to the police -- and could still go to the police. But if she isn't willing to do that then she needs to find another place to hang out. This isn't her crowd. |
Anonymous
| omg I can’t believe this is happening in Bethesda |
Anonymous
| Also I think it’s likely your daughter DOES know these kids and got in a fight with a girl she knows. |
Anonymous
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The choices are:
1) don't go to the park (best choice) 2) go to the park and if there is an incident, call the police afterwards about that specific incident. |
Anonymous
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I completely understand that she couldn't do much the first time it happened. Poor her! However, if she sees her assaulters again, she can take a discreet pic and you can contact police on her behalf. Please call police now to report the assault - if they can create a file now, you can add the picture later.
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Anonymous
probably because it's not. |
Anonymous
Near her elementary school? She's 16, she doesn't have an elementary school. I don't believe for a second that your daughter doesn't know the girl and had no idea who she was or what was going on. Not in today's social media climate. I have kids that age, they know. Why is she hanging around a kid's playground? Don't give me that BS about there not being many places to go. You live in Bethesda FFS, not in the cornfields somewhere. This whole post is stupid. If your daughter is having issues with kids, stay away. She shouldn't be hanging around a children's playground anyway. Leave it to the actual kids. |
Anonymous
+1 Mom sounds clueless |
Anonymous
| Thank you. OP here. It is happening, and one of the kids is known to the police. |
Anonymous
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So OP, you want to call the police on your daughter and her teen friends? Great idea.
Weird that you think she stands alone and apart from the other teens who are at the same park. |
Anonymous
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Your sixteen year old daughter hanging out and fighting at a park for little children is one of the rough kids, OP. The level of credulity to think your kid is so innocent she has no idea who jumped her or why, but also so determined to hang around kids whose names she doesn't know and who occasionally beat her up, is pretty funny.
They're going there to vape/smoke pot/drink/hook up where their parents can't see, and Larla absolutely is one of "them". |
Anonymous
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news flash, vaping is not "violent"
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