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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Going back to when my friends and I were 12, shoplifting is a possibility. And even when a kid doesn't have that in mind at all, if he was there long enough that staff noticed, that might have also been in the back of their heads.
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This and the "we're not a babysitting service" are both valid reasons for what they did.
Neither the owner or the security guard expressed these reasons. Their reason was: It's self explanatory, and if you don't know you're a bad parent.
That's like the girlfriend giving the old, "if you don't know what you did, then I can't help you."
That stuff is rage inducing. In my mid-90's early 00's youth, we rode bikes everywhere and the playground was our babysitter. Parent's didn't care where we went or what we did as long as were back for dinner and all brothers were accounted for. What if he had a few friends, would the same thing have happened?
Either way it's ridiculous. Although I agree that having a kid under 12 babysit is a little young, but I certainly know 11 year olds I would trust with young kids moreso than some 15-18 year olds I know. I would suspect much of their babysitting is for a sibling, which I have no problem with if the parents trust their kid.