To dislike it when crowds of rowdy teenagers gather in parks designed for SMALL children?

[poshsinglemum]

I know they are bored and don't have any youth clubs to go to and blah de blah de blah but I felt intimidated when I took my dd (15 months) to the park today.
There was a tiny group of three teenagers but they were throwing around a litre bottle of coke which was spraying everywhere and they found it HILARIOUS.
Thay were making a lot of noise for a small group and there were loads of tiny tots around.
Why can't they bugger off to the skate park and leave the liitleuns alone? I would have said something if I didn't think i'd get stabbed. . If they must then do it at night. Not in the day with teenies around.

[breastsofjordan]

It's like a dinner party. You have the whole downstairs yet everyone hangs out in the kitchen.

[fruitstick]

I finally realised I was a grown up a few weeks ago when I reprimanded some teenagers for skinning up under the slide in the under 12s playground.

They grumbled and did nothing until I put my stern voice on and then they shuffled off!

I don't object on the whole to teenagers in the park but when gangs of them are kicking litre bottles of coke across the climbing frame, landing a few feet from my 3 year old I do get a little irked.

[fruitstick]

actually PSM are we going to the same park or is this some kind of new teenage hobby?

[katiestar]

Our council have built a few 'playgrounds' for 14+ with challenging climbing equipment exercise bikes etc.And you know what ? Its always full of littlies who think it looks more interesting than their own playground

[OrmIrian]

Ha! katiestar - that is so true The littlies playgrounds are always deserted if there is a bigger one available. There is one in a town near us (not in ours, God forbid ) and the toddler playground is coralled off with fencing - but no-one uses it anyway apart from the very occasional LO with parents in tow.

But it does make you think - if a small child was hurt because of a collision with a teenager who would be to blame.