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Originally Posted by North East Goon
If you dont give your kids activities to participate in, they will find their own!
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Ah yes the old 'Idle hands are the work of the devil' arguement. I think this incident stems more from a lack of respect for other people's property, including public property. You could make them busy as hell, but eventually there will be someday where they have other opportunities to wreck havoc on other's property. The key is to make sure that when they have ample opportunity they don't actually want to ruin other people's property.
This is something that has to be taught better by parents. This lack or respect leads to socialist thinking when children are older in which they feel entitled to a 'fair share' of something they own no part of nor took any steps to create.