Sing a New Song wrote on December 01, 2009 10:43 PM: Well now let's read a grumpy letter about old people and their tendency to bump you with their shopping carts in the checkout lane...maybe we should kvetch about them too! Take a powder you humbugs and haranguers...unfortunately the world is full of humans! Big ones, little ones, ones who climb on rocks, brave ones, sissy ones, even ones with chicken pox!

sheilacatherine wrote on December 01, 2009 10:38 PM: Dear Teresa,
Don't let the grouches get you down! I too grew up in a LV neighborhood similar to yours...what I've noticed in my years as a parent is that people have generally grown less tolerant of not just children but of the elderly, of animals, of just about everything and everyone. It's all about ME and MINE and to heck with YOU and YOURS. So keep on doing yourself and your kids a favor and enjoy your neighborhood...who knows? Under your watchful parental eye, the predators Ms. Nichols warns us about will not come a creeping!

Waitaminute wrote on December 01, 2009 09:18 PM: I guarantee, if kids are loud, noisy and obnoxious in public, it's because they are the same way at home. You send mixed messages to kids when you let them act one way in private and expect them to behave differently in public. This problem is usually a result of parents who never learned how to behave in public themselves.

mnichols wrote on December 01, 2009 05:48 PM: Thank you C!
You give me hope that there are some decent parents left out there.
I'll bet your neighbors are the happiest in town! Good job!!!

C wrote on December 01, 2009 05:22 PM: What happened to being a parent and monitoring where your children were and what they were doing? It is not the village's job to raise your kids.

I am a single mom and have managed to raise 3 children that are kind, respectful and courteous - because they knew if they weren't, I would beat them in front of God and anyone else that could see. I refuse to allow my kids to be an inconvenience to anyone because I'm to lazy to control their actions.

Kids should be allowed to be kids, but not at anyone elses expense. Also, kids are like dogs - they will act the way you expect them to.

And, while I'm at it; if your kid is screaming like they are being harmed in some way while outside "playing", they should be told the "Crying Wolf" story. It might be your kid that is being kidnapped or threatened in some way and no one will pay attention because they are tired of hearing it.

AdoreInVegas wrote on December 01, 2009 03:32 PM: LOL @ Bobbie Dooley & Bobbie Dooley Neighbor comments!

mnichols wrote on December 01, 2009 01:58 PM: This has NOTHING to do with kids not playing outside...for gods sake! It has everything to do with PARENTS that don't monitor what they are doing, allowing them to disrupt others peoples lives. You can't allow a hoard of kids to scream and yell until all hours of the night, with the houses around here being 2 feet apart. Not everyone wants to hear the profanity-laced tirades of your kids. If you want your children to be a positive member of society, teach them some manners. Monitor their whereabouts, and to respect your neighbors!
Furthermore, do so yourself. Don't party in your open garages until 2am, use the f-bomb every other word, allow your dogs to crap in others peoples yards, and your kids will learn by example.

Virga wrote on December 01, 2009 01:42 PM: I lived at the end of a cul de sac. It was a constant play ground. The kids kept changing and we loved them all, adopted two.

In our neighborhood the village raised the kids.

Wow wrote on December 01, 2009 01:09 PM: What kind of world are we living in where kids can't play outside or go to restaurants? Get a grip people.

Mnichols wrote on December 01, 2009 12:16 PM: Ahhhhh,
Just as I expected. Ms. Harris is one of those parents whom I wrote about in my letter. Whats the matter Ms. Harris, touch a sore spot? I'll bet you are one of those who sit in your garage with your beer cooler and all you buddies till the wee hours, and let your kids run amok so the rest of the neighborhood can keep an eye on your brood uh?
Well, I agree with Mr. Hyde. My children were never allowed to disrupt an entire neighborhood for any reason, and further more, they played in their OWN yard, with their swingsets, and trampolines, and a club house. They didn't yell profanities at the top of their lungs, and I watched out for them, like a REAL mother would. You ever take a look at a map of Las Vegas or Henderson and see all the registered sex offenders? Maybe you should, and maybe you'd keep them closer to home.
So while you make your assumptions about about a GOOD mothers child rearing, maybe you should ask your neighbors how they feel about your kids running in and out of anyone's yards at all hours? Or you too afraid of what answer you might get?

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