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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]omg I can’t believe this is happening in Bethesda[/quote]

probably because it's not. [/quote]

NP.    It likely is.

I used to go there years ago when DS was 2-3 years old (he's now in college) and even then, teens smoking, drinking (yes, in the daytime on a weekend or in the evening pre-dusk) were hanging out in the little covered pavilion on the property (don't know if it's still there or not, as I said it's been years since I was on the property, though drive by).  We would make an afternoon or early of shopping at B&N, eating at Rio Grandes, and then go to the park playground.    The playground at the time was not fenced in or really nice, it's since been renovated, so even in the midst of DT Bethesda traffic, people and all, it could be kind of empty on the grounds.   Have to say that it sometimes made me uncomfortable as an adult with a toddler (we certainly did not know the teens) and didn't go there that much after a few times.  [/quote]

Yeah, I’m sure teens hang out there and smoke and whatever! But they don’t randomly assault innocent little girls who are just reading on a bench. OP’s daughter IS these kids (no shade, I’m sure she’s great). When something happens she can’t avoid her mom knowing about, like her broken glasses, she lies. [/quote]

Seriously. If my daughter was attacked out of the blue while minding her own business, I guarantee she wouldn't go back to that place again, no matter how "cool" the kids were. OP's daughter either is one of those kids, or really wants to be one. I'm guessing she's kind of a wannabe, hanging around the edges and occasionally getting picked on because she's not truly part of the group. She keeps going back because any attention is good attention, and being picked on means they acknowledge her existence.

If it were my kid, I'd forbid her to go to a place that's proven to be dangerous. And then track her phone to be sure she complied. [/quote]

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