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Anonymous wrote:i think lots of parents of young elementary school students see middle schoolers and think some version of that until about when their own child and classmates start to age into that age group. now i just see kids.

This exactly. I’ve learned to stop judging groups of kids that are older than mine. They seem so feral in comparison.

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Tweens/teens are loud and annoying. Always have been, always will be. I think about this a lot as the city continues to limit places where teens can hang out without curfews or parents. I get why they made the rules - large groups of kids were behaving badly, but for the vast majority of kids who AREN'T behaving badly, if they don't live in large NW houses with big basements/backyards, that means they get together in groups in public more, and *gasp* most of the time we see them behaving the same way rambunctious teens have always behaved.

That's fair.

However the schools that I pass routinely are Banneker and BASIS and all the kids are just walking in small groups with their bags and peacefully talking.