Gonz
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With the vast wealth of knowledge, wisdom and viewpoints I thought this would be a good place to get some perspective and calm my initial gut reaction.
My son came to me last night to let me know that the next door neighbor kid told him that another kid in our area, for anonymity sake we'll just call him Carsten, showed him a cigar and when asked where he got it from it was gleaned that he got it from me. Obviously I did not give a 12 year kid a cigar.
Our little friend Carsten has a long and amazing history as one of the worst kids you can imagine. Try to think of the worst troublemaker, instigator and deciever you've ever met and this kid is worse. Don't think so? One time, after being thrown out of a neighbors house he went home and called their house, the 6 year old answered and he told her he was the police and that her dad had been in a motorcycle accident and is dead. I rest my case.
So what do I do now? Several neighbors whose kids have been friends with Carsten have told me that stuff has gone missing from their houses after he's been around. Do I call the cops and have the kid arrested? For what? Won't I have to prove that he entered my house and stole a cigar? Where's the cigar then, are the cops supposed to search this kid's home for all these missing objects that he's probably taken? Right now all I have to go on is what my 10 year old relayed to me 2nd hand from another kid.
With all the trouble this kid has gotten into over the years, the parents have to know their kid is a monster. If I go to them, what good will it do? What's best in this situation for the thief? If it's handled by parents is there any chance he'll learn a lesson and change his ways? If he gets busted by the cops and spends time in Juvenile, isn't that just a breeding ground for criminal kids to share their tactics and ways with each other?
I'm super ultra pissed about this, especially as I dig through my thousands of cigars and try to figure out what, if anything, is missing.
My son came to me last night to let me know that the next door neighbor kid told him that another kid in our area, for anonymity sake we'll just call him Carsten, showed him a cigar and when asked where he got it from it was gleaned that he got it from me. Obviously I did not give a 12 year kid a cigar.
Our little friend Carsten has a long and amazing history as one of the worst kids you can imagine. Try to think of the worst troublemaker, instigator and deciever you've ever met and this kid is worse. Don't think so? One time, after being thrown out of a neighbors house he went home and called their house, the 6 year old answered and he told her he was the police and that her dad had been in a motorcycle accident and is dead. I rest my case.
So what do I do now? Several neighbors whose kids have been friends with Carsten have told me that stuff has gone missing from their houses after he's been around. Do I call the cops and have the kid arrested? For what? Won't I have to prove that he entered my house and stole a cigar? Where's the cigar then, are the cops supposed to search this kid's home for all these missing objects that he's probably taken? Right now all I have to go on is what my 10 year old relayed to me 2nd hand from another kid.
With all the trouble this kid has gotten into over the years, the parents have to know their kid is a monster. If I go to them, what good will it do? What's best in this situation for the thief? If it's handled by parents is there any chance he'll learn a lesson and change his ways? If he gets busted by the cops and spends time in Juvenile, isn't that just a breeding ground for criminal kids to share their tactics and ways with each other?
I'm super ultra pissed about this, especially as I dig through my thousands of cigars and try to figure out what, if anything, is missing.