Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
Substance Abuse
Skateboarding/the skateboarder crowd
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 432776" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>This is only my experience and I know there are different opinions but here's my story.</p><p></p><p>Our city allowed a skate park to be built next to the library. Almost immediately it became a magnet for young people smoking and using very foul language. Within months it became a hang out for drug users/dealers, mostly mushrooms, ecstacy, pot. There were woods behind the park so it was a great place to hide. My difficult child began hanging out there the summer before high school because you could walk there from school and she was on the flag team and they had practice all summer. We tried to forbid her. She wouldn't listen. She began not coming home when it got dark (she had just turned 14). She got rides from boy much older than her, she began smoking, she hid from police when they rode by, she started smoking pot. We had the police bring her home on several occassions. She became violent at home and began running away. </p><p></p><p>I talked to the school resource officer and juvenile detective and our mayor and councilman about having the skatepark closed. Some were in favor and some felt it kept the bad influences in one place and easier for police to watch them. I hated it and even wrote letters to the editor for our community newspaper. Of course she graduated on to bigger things and is now living in a sober house at the age of 19. Whoever thinks pot is not a gateway drug has only to hear the stories of these young women who are now hooked on other drugs to realize that's not true. </p><p></p><p>Anyway that's my experience with skateparks.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 432776, member: 59"] This is only my experience and I know there are different opinions but here's my story. Our city allowed a skate park to be built next to the library. Almost immediately it became a magnet for young people smoking and using very foul language. Within months it became a hang out for drug users/dealers, mostly mushrooms, ecstacy, pot. There were woods behind the park so it was a great place to hide. My difficult child began hanging out there the summer before high school because you could walk there from school and she was on the flag team and they had practice all summer. We tried to forbid her. She wouldn't listen. She began not coming home when it got dark (she had just turned 14). She got rides from boy much older than her, she began smoking, she hid from police when they rode by, she started smoking pot. We had the police bring her home on several occassions. She became violent at home and began running away. I talked to the school resource officer and juvenile detective and our mayor and councilman about having the skatepark closed. Some were in favor and some felt it kept the bad influences in one place and easier for police to watch them. I hated it and even wrote letters to the editor for our community newspaper. Of course she graduated on to bigger things and is now living in a sober house at the age of 19. Whoever thinks pot is not a gateway drug has only to hear the stories of these young women who are now hooked on other drugs to realize that's not true. Anyway that's my experience with skateparks. Nancy [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
Substance Abuse
Skateboarding/the skateboarder crowd
Top