All the time on this site people are posting about useless bums that don't work, well here is an example of a kid that will turn into a long term problem unless someone sets him straight. It should be the father, he should be concerned and care enough to handle the situation. But the odds are about 50/50 that the father will take-up for the kid and be mad at you for telling him. Look around your town, the parents have a big role to play and most will not step up to a problem kid and nip it in the bud before it becomes a way of life.
I had a situation where some one had been driving in my hay fields in the mud and making a mess and doing big damage to the sod. I walked past a neighbor kids truck in a parking lot and the bed was full of road stop signs and beer bottles and the truck was covered in mud. It was obvious the kids had been stealing stops signs for fun.
I remembered a trial in a southern state were a young kid had been sent to prison when a family was killed at an intersection where the kid had stolen the stop sign. I made a copy of the article and took it with me.
I had a choice...go to the boy, or go to the Dad.
It was risky, but I went to the boy. He denied everything, stop signs, ruts, beer. I said OK, but you are 17, soon going to college, if there is another incident, I will call the police, and if someone is killed because of your stupid stop sign game, I will testify against you in court when you are tried. It will ruin your life and your parents dreams for you.As i left, I put the article under the wiper on his truck.
Two days later he called, admitted everything, apologized and i never had any more trouble. He graduated from college and has a good job. I never told his parents never knew, and we are good friends.
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