Attention Sister Bravenak! Question on hanging out on street corners. [View all]
What should we do if our grand daughters want to start hanging out on street corners? They will be 15 this year, come from lower middle class families, have very little money to spend, one is a PoC and all indications are that they will probably want to hang out, maybe even on the local street corner. Should we:
A: Assume that they are up to no good and forbid them to hang out with their friends, immediately search their rooms for condoms and drugs, and read their diaries and journals?
B: Try to find them local jobs like sweeping up hair at the local beauty shop or washing dishes at the local diner?
C: Assume that they are good girls who just like hanging out with their friends, that they are not doing anything wrong, that they might not want their parents to hear everything they say, that hanging out is a normal part of growing up, that all teens do it, that it's just what kids like to do?
What do you think? Which of the above will help race relations? I hung out on street corners with friends when I was 16, did you?
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