Anti social behavior or boys being boys

Playing a game of football where they shouldn't..telling off, kids being kids..not BWBB..
Vandalising the fencing, ripping surface, noise, smashing glass on the surface..antisocial ( and criminal behaviour)
I know which would result in an absolute heap of shit for teenager .

@ChocolateSqueezyyogurts did the police visit or was your update via the club?

I sympathise and think behaviour like that would absolutely warrant police involvement. If any child of mine was causing criminal damage or leaving litter/ broken glass I would come down on that very hard indeed.

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So currently locally we have an issue with youths playing on local school playground outside school hours. Quite often on a Monday morning the headteacher will be met with rubbish left over from these youth including beer cans or worse smashed beer bottles. Sometimes equipment, fencing etc can be damaged.

So maybe I am seeing it more from the club’s point of view. Not saying these teens are doing that but maybe the club is fed up of youth damaging their property and just want a blanket ban

Being a member of a football club and thinking 'well I have got training tomorrow anyway' is not going to stop a teenager from wanting to play with their friends when the feeling takes them!

I am not saying sports clubs can have a free for all with anyone using their facilities day and night (unless this is agreed and funded in the community as per a PP). But the level of harm done here is so small as to be practically non existent. They just need telling not to do it again, and a firm but polite explanation of why- perhaps by someone from the facility in question rather than the fecking police!

Kids should be expected to have a strong moral code, but consideration of the finer points of AstroTurf maintenance costs can develop as they grow up. Part of the joy of being a teenager is not thinking everything through fully, being able to have simple fun and break a few rules along the way.

Focussing on my daughter here because of the whole boys will be boys thing, I would much prefer her to be the one saying "Hey this gate is open and the field is muddy, let's play in here!" as opposed to the one saying "No, stop guys!! AstroTurf is very expensive to maintain and we might get in trouble with the police!!". The instinct to open that gate and bend the rules will help her open other doors later in life.

With that attitude as a parent, it is a good job the police are visiting I think.

@Createausername12345 is there not a middle ground, doesn’t have to be glued to phone or causing mischief? These teens could join the club or similar, or go to the park etc

Playing football on a grass field when the ground is so wet would do far more harm than a sneaky kickabout on the local 3G pitch.

Unless there was some kind of actual criminal behaviour police involvement is totally ridiculous. This is pretty much the absolute lowest tier of mischief imaginable, way below stuff that used to go on in my naice middle class community 25 years ago involving kids who grew up to be very successful and responsible adults. When my daughter is a bit older I would much rather she was engaging in this sort of breaking & entering/theft of services/criminal damage (🤣🤣🤣) with her friends instead of spending her time on tiktok.

I think they are entitled to charge, but they are out of order calling the police because a group of teens opened a gate they left open.

@JonesTown do you think it is wrong for the club to charge for use of their pitch?

It’s the natural order of things for children to do what they shouldn’t do and for adults to tell them off.

Again you can’t compare.

@JonesTown do you think an Astro is free to maintain

Nope, because a gym requires staff, electricity and cleaning to operate, all of which need to be paid for.

They are not imposing any cost on the club by using the pitch while the gate is open.

@Mayflowerz so it would have been wrong if they climbed over the gate if the club hadn’t accidentally left the gate open. If I leave my front door open can random teens just walk into my house

Gyms usually have gates/receptions you have to get through. Gates are not usually open for anyone just to walk in.

Gate to the Astro was left open and they used the facilities. No harm done.

Last week I desperately needed to use the bathroom, nearest place was Costa where they have a big sign saying toilets for paying customers only, door was left open so I nipped in and used their facilities. No harm done.

@Mayflowerz okay is it okay if they cheat their way into a gym for free, because we couldn’t expect them to pay

Unreal when they don’t attend for a lot of other stuff

Unless they dug up the Astroturf and took it home with them you can’t compare it to shop lifting🤦🏼‍♀️

@JonesTown probably can’t afford much in shops either so is it okay for them to shoplift too?

I don’t think I should get free use. However, the majority of teen boys can’t afford to pay to rent football pitches.

But the club has to maintain the pitch and they do that by asking people to pay to use it. Why do you think you should get free use and others have to pay?

The football pitch is there regardless of whether I use it or not. I don’t see that a group of teens who use it in a sensible manner is going to cause any issues.

@JonesTown do you expect others to fund these football pitches for your benefit?