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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
'Authority' is likely, first off a community where it's a good guess that the parents will be more grateful than hostile, and will exercise authority over their offspring sufficient to keep the minors from making a stink, . . . and likely 'soft' authority where the officer didn't so much detain them forcefully and compel them to call parents, as they persuaded them it's best to stay with the officer and contact the parents for rendez-vous, and finally the implicit final decision that, so long as things went smoothly, the only consequence would be reuniting the minors with the parents, tip of the cap, and have a good evening.
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Good post.
I know in my case, given the description here, I’d have been happy for the call.
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Originally Posted by Why Not?
Yeah that pretty much sums it up exactly. I am still curious on if there is a curfew ordinance , so I'm gonna look into it, but since my son's "consequence" from me was to write a thank you letter to the officer for helping keep him safe, I was certainly more grateful than hostile.
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Right on. That’s good punishment.
I’m here to lock down ideas. My daughter is 7 and periodically pops an attitude so I’m thinking teenage years are going to be not awesome. My son is stubborn as a geriatric mule. I have no idea what to expect from that kid.