No one under 18 admitted without a parent....

Personally, I find this rediculous. Yeah, I'm 16 years old. I'll admit it. I'm one of those teenage kids that think they know it all but really don't. Well, atleast that's what adults see them as.

I mean, come on. Yeah, there are going to be problems with kids at parks. That's just how it is. But should every individual be held accountable for one person in that groups actions? Example.... It's discriminatory to say that every Muslim is a terrorist and an evil person, just because Bin Laden is. That's sick and unless you're messed up, you know it's not true.

So what should parks do? Like statted above, tighter security, better dress code, and harsher punishment for people that don't listen to the rules.

It's dumb and stupid for the parks to punish every teenager, just because a small percentage of them are bad. Then there'd be no point for any of us to do any good...

Just my 2 cents.

I never expected t osee Fairlane Mall appear in a CB thread. That made my day, Playa.

I see more parents act worse than the kids they are with! Maybe these parents shouldn't be allowed in unless they have a kid UNDER 18 to chaperone THEM! lol.

Anyway, I didn't have a park nearby when I was growing up so we had to entertain ourselves in our backyard. lol. Eventually when I was a teen it was the mall/arcade, but ONLY when I was old enough to be turned loose (about 13 or 14).

When we DID go to parks my parents were with us or some kind of chaperone, and even then I was not allowed to wander off by myself until I was like 13 or so.

I see A LOT of kids MUCH younger than 13 years old running around by themselves at parks. That worries me.

-Tina *** Edited 11/2/2004 6:02:47 PM UTC by coasterqueenTRN***

Exactly, Tina. I don't think the problem is with the teenagers. I think its with the kids 13 and under.

I'd be all for having a rule that they must be chaperoned if their under 13. That makes sense. And requires the parents to be FULLY responsible for anything their child does, as it is under their watch.

Liord G: wasn't that what this meant, or did I completely mis-read it?

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But what good is it if my wife and I have season passes but we can't get them for the kids?

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I think he meant what good would it be if Kennywood sold season passes only for adults - he'd still have to pay for the kids to get in. Hypothetical situation.

That was in reply to Andy's thought of season passes sold only to those 18 & older:

"What good would it be if my wife and I could get season passes, but couldn't get them for the kids?"

Basically, what Brett said :)

*** Edited 11/2/2004 6:37:41 PM UTC by Lord Gonchar***

If I am old enough to drive myself an hour to a park I am old enough not to need adult supervision.

edit:I am 18 nowadays, but the previous two summers I made many trips, none with an 'adult' *** Edited 11/2/2004 7:57:18 PM UTC by TTDAdrenaline***

TTDAdrenaline, I have seen many drivers that are old enough to drive but are in no way mature enough to drive...

There will always be exceptions to the rule. Some kids and teens are responsible, some adults are not. Lets move on, ok? ;)

OK Uncle Mamoosh, we will :)

So who equated driving and the ability to act civil in public?

The fact that you can push a pedal and turn a wheel with great success and responsibility doesn't mean you're not going to be an ass inside the park.

Come on, driving is one of the most mundane and simple "responsibilites" there is in the world. That's why kids are allowed to try their hand at it at age 16.

I don't buy the correlation.

LOL 'Tuan ;)

It's not the act, it's the idea of being in public unsupervised. My argument was that if we allow our 16year-olds to drive around unsupervised, why not let them in a park?

If we feel that 16-years olds can't behave on their own in a park, we most certainly shouldn't let them drive around all willy nilly. ;)

Mundane or not, it carried a LOT of responsibility.

I'm corraling myself in the camp of completely and wholeheartedly undecided until Kyle Fobe comes along and enlightens us with an anecdote or three and then gives us his opinion.

Until then, I'll be over here.

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I'm with Homey [not literally] ;)

Adventuredome started doing this at least a year ago. After 7 or 8p they start doing ID checks at the entrance.

But what good is that for thos who come in at 6:45?

At Lake Winnie, I haven't seen it enforced at all. You just have to go in with a parent(and they only have to spend 3 bucks), and you're good to go. I walked around with my friends all day without seeing any kind of security guard watching this sort of thing.

As for malls enforcing it, that's evil and mean. So what if the parents think it's unsafe to have that many kids? Go on a Tuesday(btw, local mall put this in place a year ago for that reason).

Oh Moosh you are taking the fun out of this, but you are right. :-D

-Tina