Anonymous
Post 09/11/2021 23:09     Subject: rough kids at a public park/playground--call the police?
Anonymous wrote: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.



Lol like most teens that girl is lying. Make her get a part time job. Volunteer at a food panty.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2021 08:59     Subject: rough kids at a public park/playground--call the police?
Hey, for those questioning why she is there. this is the little park that is basically in downtown Bethesda. tons of teens congregate at all hours. its a pretty normal teen hang out spot in Bethesda. Now, a few points.
1) Agree with PP who said she should leave if she sees trouble coming. The most important safety we can teach our kids is how to diffuse or prevent a bad situation. Being injured but innocent is not the goal!! Staying safe is the goal
2) Report an assault or threats to police. for sure.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2021 22:28     Subject: rough kids at a public park/playground--call the police?
Anonymous wrote:Lol nobody gets tackled by a stranger who thinks she’s going out with her boyfriend. Your DD 100 percent knows that girl and likes to get in fights.


DP. I didn’t grow up around here, but something very similar happened to me when I was about 14. Some girl I had never met, with 2-3 of her friends, walk3d up to me on my way home from school, pushed me around, and said she heard I messed around with her boyfriend. It was the strangest thing and I remember being terrified. Still don’t know who she was, why she picked me, or wtf her issue was.

I think there are just some kids who are looking for a fight and don’t care that there is no truth or logic to their “grounds” for the fight. In all likelihood, they have shitty home lives and that’s the sort of thing that their families do to them.

There’s a thin line between heaven and here.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2021 21:35     Subject: Re:rough kids at a public park/playground--call the police?

We Need More Public Space for Teen Girls

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-05-28/we-need-more-public-space-for-teen-girls
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2021 21:33     Subject: rough kids at a public park/playground--call the police?
Seems to me she's willingly going back for trouble time and time again. We call that a glutton for punishment.

Does she have friends or is she seeking out some there? Because hint hint - those aren't the friends that seem to care about her. Sounds like she needs to spend some more time at her own big girl school finding activities there. Or get an after school job. Or go to the library near there and study for the SAT.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2021 17:43     Subject: rough kids at a public park/playground--call the police?
Forbid her from going.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2021 17:25     Subject: Re:rough kids at a public park/playground--call the police?
Anonymous wrote:omg I can’t believe this is happening in Bethesda


That park has become a hangout spot where drugs are sold and kids hook up and walk to the ES to engage in sexual activity. It has been this way since last Fall. Many complaints from locals. Nothing has been done.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2021 08:12     Subject: Re:rough kids at a public park/playground--call the police?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:omg I can’t believe this is happening in Bethesda


It's happening everywhere. County planners are turning moco into a ghetto. Like it or not we no longer live in the beautiful suburbs. We live in the inner cities.


Really? So if MoCo is turning into a ghetto and inner city (which is debatable), where are the "beautiful suburbs"? (And why haven't you moved there yet?)
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2021 07:10     Subject: rough kids at a public park/playground--call the police?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So you literally know no teens who weren't trouble makers? I never smoked, drank or touched a drug because I didn't want to.


Good for you goody two shoes. A lot of teens like to experiment, push the envelope, develop independence and test boundaries. Guess you skipped that developmental stage.


That person was responding to a post that said “all teens” do this or want to do this. Do you know the difference between all and a lot?

NP, who never wanted to drink, smoke or do drugs as a kid either, and neither did many of my friends who we all hung out together all the time


That is me and I do. Somehow this became about drinking, smoking and drugs. Those aren't the only bad choices teens make. My point was they ALL make bad choice. Yes all. A lot may not be about drinking, smoking or drugs. Those aren't the only opportunities for teens to make bad choices. Really with teens the list is endless about where they will make a bad choice. That is why parenting teens is a lot harder than toddlers.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2021 00:25     Subject: rough kids at a public park/playground--call the police?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So you literally know no teens who weren't trouble makers? I never smoked, drank or touched a drug because I didn't want to.


Good for you goody two shoes. A lot of teens like to experiment, push the envelope, develop independence and test boundaries. Guess you skipped that developmental stage.


That person was responding to a post that said “all teens” do this or want to do this. Do you know the difference between all and a lot?

NP, who never wanted to drink, smoke or do drugs as a kid either, and neither did many of my friends who we all hung out together all the time
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2021 00:03     Subject: Re:rough kids at a public park/playground--call the police?
Anonymous wrote:omg I can’t believe this is happening in Bethesda


It's happening everywhere. County planners are turning moco into a ghetto. Like it or not we no longer live in the beautiful suburbs. We live in the inner cities.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2021 23:31     Subject: rough kids at a public park/playground--call the police?
Go with her.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2021 23:30     Subject: rough kids at a public park/playground--call the police?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:16 year old at a playground? Is she special needs? Otherwise she’s looking for trouble. Neurotypical, good kids wouldn’t be interested in this for a hangout.


You’re too funny. Where the heck did you grow up? Playgrounds have been go-to places to hang out, smoke, flirt, do drugs since i was a teen in the 80s. And the tradition continues.



Yep:

Anonymous
Post 09/08/2021 23:19     Subject: rough kids at a public park/playground--call the police?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So you literally know no teens who weren't trouble makers? I never smoked, drank or touched a drug because I didn't want to.


I am the PP who posted that all teens are idiots, not the one who responded before.

I would love to ask your parents about you as a teen. I didn't say all teens were troublemakers just that all teens make terrible choices. That includes you. It I how they learn to be well functioning adults. So can congrats to you for making some terrible choices as a teen!


Never said that I was perfect, but if you a referring to underage drinking or doing drugs, nope I didn't do that. I wasn't very rebellious, I had no reason to be.