Seniors

I still remember when I was a teen. There was a 4 y/o brat who lived across he street. His parents worked all day so his grandmother watched him but "he could do no wrong". He'd purposely run over people's feet with his trike and, in general was the mini-terror of the neighborhood. One day, I walked out front and heard a man arguing with grandma. He claimed the kid was throwing rocks at his car and hit it as he drove by. Grandma denied it and called the police. When the officer arrived, he told the man to just go home and not bother the family - until he heard a banging sound. The kid had just thrown a rock and hit the police car as I watched. The officer turned around, walked to the grandmother and loudly told her to get her brat in the house and if he, the officer, had to come out again, he would arrest her. Then he turned to the man and apologized as I clapped.

But teens are not 4 any more. The family needs a lesson in monitoring their kids.