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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If [b]your kid has known issues respecting safety rules [/b]and adults generally, should you watch them more closely at public events, or do you just unleash them onto the world?

You may feel entitled to dump your [b]destructive sociopathic s**thead[/b] onto your local public school, or shove cash over to some parochial private for some special attention, but outside of school, do you think it's fair to the rest of us to let him out of your sight, knowing [b]he'll likely go wreak havoc all around[/b], hoping it won't come back to you? 
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I think you don't understand some truly difficult mental health disorders?

Sometimes there is no solution, OP. Some parents are literally killed by their mentally ill children. Some parents have to renounce their guardianship of their own bio kid so that they can be institutionalized by the state, in order to not live in fear in their own homes, and in order for their other children to feel safe. It takes a while to get there.

I take it you're not ranting about some run-of-the-mill kid behavior. [/quote]

Even assuming we are talking about that [b]strawman [/b]of "truly difficult mental health disorder" in a tween, you do think it's ok to free-range that kid?[/quote]

Sorry, I can't talk to someone who uses that word in the context of serious mental disorders.

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Right. You're inventing/projecting the context of serious mental disorder. That is what makes it a strawman.  I'm referring to destructive sociopathic shithead tweens. You should assume that 'sociopathic', when apposed to 'shithead' is as much hyperbole and frustration as it is a wild diagnostic guess.[/quote]

No, it’s not okay. Most kids aren’t like this at all but for the rare few who are just s$$theads, yes their parents should keep a closer eye on them. We live in a neighborhood of families. The majority of kids, with helicoptering parents or free range parents, are completely fine. There are two families (out of hundreds) who have a kid who is trouble. One is a mean mean girl and the other is a mean bullying boys. Both sets of parents seem fine, both have siblings who seem fine. But a lot of us wish their parents would keep a closer eye on those kids.[/quote]

What do these kids do, OP?
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I’m not the OP but I posted the above.

The boy repeatedly mocked and bullied other kids on the school bus, including a girl with Down syndrome and a disabled boy. He threatened other kids and deliberately tripped them. He vandalized other houses, entered their garages, and then ran to other houses for sanctuary. He threw stuff at cars at night and then hid in other people’s yards behind their bushes (video and audio showed this -Ring).

The girl provoked fights and the videoed the reaction and immediately posted on social media. She took pictures of people (boys and girls) and circled their flaws and made fun of their clothes. Apparently she’s done quite a number of other things but other parents just shudder and say stay away.

While my kids have witnessed this, they’ve never been targets.[/quote]

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