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		<title>By: anon</title>
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		<dc:creator>anon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Are there no prisons? are there no workhouses?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are there no prisons? are there no workhouses?</p>
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		<title>By: joe</title>
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		<dc:creator>joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>smashed like the kids/parents of this hood! sober up people!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>smashed like the kids/parents of this hood! sober up people!!</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-24589&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@anonymous&lt;/a&gt;, If the specific instance you are referring to is damaging a bus shelter, that in itself is not an example of parental neglect.  It is vandalism.  Im all for putting parents in jail when they criminally negelct or abuse their kids.  Who wouldnt?

Obviously we dont know who the kids are, and if we did and we knew there was specific abuse/neglect going on at home the parents should be reported.  But the only info we have is that the kids destroyed a bus shelter, do we even know they were kids?  They could have been over 18.  We dont know.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-24589" rel="nofollow">@anonymous</a>, If the specific instance you are referring to is damaging a bus shelter, that in itself is not an example of parental neglect.  It is vandalism.  Im all for putting parents in jail when they criminally negelct or abuse their kids.  Who wouldnt?</p>
<p>Obviously we dont know who the kids are, and if we did and we knew there was specific abuse/neglect going on at home the parents should be reported.  But the only info we have is that the kids destroyed a bus shelter, do we even know they were kids?  They could have been over 18.  We dont know.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Parent will not give a shit. Post the pics of whatever kids they are so they can hang their heads and deal with the problems that come along with all the BS of vandalizing our property.

Post the pics and let these kids feel the stress of everyone knowing that they are little brats that abuse our property.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Parent will not give a shit. Post the pics of whatever kids they are so they can hang their heads and deal with the problems that come along with all the BS of vandalizing our property.</p>
<p>Post the pics and let these kids feel the stress of everyone knowing that they are little brats that abuse our property.</p>
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		<title>By: anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-24588&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@anonymous&lt;/a&gt;, Let the lazy parents take care of it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-24588" rel="nofollow">@anonymous</a>, Let the lazy parents take care of it.</p>
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		<title>By: anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-24586&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@&lt;/a&gt;, Excuse me, but bad parenting should be reported.  The agency is ACs, Admin for Children&#039;s Services.  If you want to have responsible kids, you have to make the parents responsible first.  If you see or hear something you think is neglect or abuse, call 311 and report it.  If it is an emergency call 911.  Let&#039;s help those who can&#039;t help themselves.  Bad parenting sounds more like child neglect and abuse so let&#039;s call it what it really is instead of sugarcoating it.  There is a parents seminar by the way, it&#039;s called &quot;prison.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hidden due to low <a href="http://wealthynetizen.com/wordpress-plugin-comment-rating/" title="Rated by other readers">comment rating</a>. <a href="javascript:crSwitchDisplay('ckhide-24589');" title="Click to see comment">Click here to see</a>.</p><div id='ckhide-24589' style="display:none; opacity:0.6;filter:alpha(opacity=60) !important;"><p><a href="#comment-24586" rel="nofollow">@</a>, Excuse me, but bad parenting should be reported.  The agency is ACs, Admin for Children&#8217;s Services.  If you want to have responsible kids, you have to make the parents responsible first.  If you see or hear something you think is neglect or abuse, call 311 and report it.  If it is an emergency call 911.  Let&#8217;s help those who can&#8217;t help themselves.  Bad parenting sounds more like child neglect and abuse so let&#8217;s call it what it really is instead of sugarcoating it.  There is a parents seminar by the way, it&#8217;s called &#8220;prison.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why hasn&#039;t PD and MTA taken steps to help correct these losers. We already have survellance cameras everywhere - cameras to monitor traffic at key location, security cameras,redlight camera,toll booth cameras. How far can one travel in Brooklyn without having a his/her picture taken - Big Brother is already here.

Isn&#039;t ther a pvc-like material that can be substituted for the glass - failure to pursue this avenue leaves the MTA open to serious allegations. Banks have funny money that explodes with a distinct color dye that is given when the bank is robbed. If these miscreants could be marked with a bright dye at least parents could complain that his son/daughter were splashed by that lousy dye as they just happened to pass-by - that is as credible as &quot;we got lost going back home to....&quot; Literally these broken shelters should blow up in their faces</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why hasn&#8217;t PD and MTA taken steps to help correct these losers. We already have survellance cameras everywhere &#8211; cameras to monitor traffic at key location, security cameras,redlight camera,toll booth cameras. How far can one travel in Brooklyn without having a his/her picture taken &#8211; Big Brother is already here.</p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t ther a pvc-like material that can be substituted for the glass &#8211; failure to pursue this avenue leaves the MTA open to serious allegations. Banks have funny money that explodes with a distinct color dye that is given when the bank is robbed. If these miscreants could be marked with a bright dye at least parents could complain that his son/daughter were splashed by that lousy dye as they just happened to pass-by &#8211; that is as credible as &#8220;we got lost going back home to&#8230;.&#8221; Literally these broken shelters should blow up in their faces</p>
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		<title>By: anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-24582&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@&lt;/a&gt;, THAT&#039;S WHAT THE PROBLEM IS...DUHHHHH</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-24582" rel="nofollow">@</a>, THAT&#8217;S WHAT THE PROBLEM IS&#8230;DUHHHHH</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-24585&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@me&lt;/a&gt;, I agree with you, and growing up in Gerritsen Beach myself I have seen the scenario you describe myself.  There are many parents in Gerritsen Beach and all over that just dont care.  You should need a licensce or take a test to have a kid, but you dont.  Having seen these parents show such indiffence and beilgerance on confronting them, I doubt we can change them.  We can prosecute their kids for comitting a crime, maybe then they will see the problem.  How else can the concerned citizens of Gerritsen Beach act?  Have parenting seminars?  There are plenty of neighborhoods with bad parenting practices and less vandalism (Im assuming).  We could use some cameras or a naighborhood watch.  Id have to join the masses though and say I doubt Iwould have time to participate in a watch, but would gladly give money to fund them or some cameras.

And just a final note, I know many wonderful people who grew up in Gerritsen Beach, many doing great and noble things with their lives.  We dont hear about them, and Im sure they outnumber the bad people.  I doubt that your example is typical Gerritsen Beach parenting.  Luckily I never experienced it in my home.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-24585" rel="nofollow">@me</a>, I agree with you, and growing up in Gerritsen Beach myself I have seen the scenario you describe myself.  There are many parents in Gerritsen Beach and all over that just dont care.  You should need a licensce or take a test to have a kid, but you dont.  Having seen these parents show such indiffence and beilgerance on confronting them, I doubt we can change them.  We can prosecute their kids for comitting a crime, maybe then they will see the problem.  How else can the concerned citizens of Gerritsen Beach act?  Have parenting seminars?  There are plenty of neighborhoods with bad parenting practices and less vandalism (Im assuming).  We could use some cameras or a naighborhood watch.  Id have to join the masses though and say I doubt Iwould have time to participate in a watch, but would gladly give money to fund them or some cameras.</p>
<p>And just a final note, I know many wonderful people who grew up in Gerritsen Beach, many doing great and noble things with their lives.  We dont hear about them, and Im sure they outnumber the bad people.  I doubt that your example is typical Gerritsen Beach parenting.  Luckily I never experienced it in my home.</p>
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		<title>By: me</title>
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		<dc:creator>me</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ Anonymous
The persons who commit such acts are responsible, but if your children commit such acts ( and apprantly they do in GB) you have failed as a parent. If your child commits such acts are minors the legally you ar responsible for their actions.  How many times are the bus shelters destroyed? how much does it cost to fix? people complain about it, but it still happens.
many of the parents in GB have no idea how to be a parent. When ever they are confronted with the actions of their children they grow defensive and defend them even if the children are wrong. 
When a 15 year old was caught breaking into my neighbors truck, my neighbor didn&#039;t want to press charges and just talked to the mother. She responded by screaming, and saying her son would never do such a thing. When witness came forward she just cursed them
This is typical GB parenting</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="background-color:#FFFFCC !important"><p>@ Anonymous<br />
The persons who commit such acts are responsible, but if your children commit such acts ( and apprantly they do in GB) you have failed as a parent. If your child commits such acts are minors the legally you ar responsible for their actions.  How many times are the bus shelters destroyed? how much does it cost to fix? people complain about it, but it still happens.<br />
many of the parents in GB have no idea how to be a parent. When ever they are confronted with the actions of their children they grow defensive and defend them even if the children are wrong.<br />
When a 15 year old was caught breaking into my neighbors truck, my neighbor didn&#8217;t want to press charges and just talked to the mother. She responded by screaming, and saying her son would never do such a thing. When witness came forward she just cursed them<br />
This is typical GB parenting</p>
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