I asked an honest question, no need to be rude.

Dude some were shooting pellets at people. Are you stupid or just a troll?

Ok but those minors didn't need to do what they did to make that happen. The mall DIDN'T have this policy, its chosen it because of this.

If you want to make others suffer because you suffered and "turned out ok" - you didn't actually turn out ok.

While normally I agree and laugh when older generations criticize younger generations for things they like but I draw the line when it comes to threatening others safety and violence.

If I were to guess, probably the rise in social media has to deal with some of the change, because there is a much wider audience now. In the past if you were a kid who did something "edgy", the rest of the kids would just think you're a moron. Nowadays you can film your escapades and put it on the internet in the name of content creation, and other moron kids can like it and cheer you on.

Vast majority of kids/teens are fine. Social media enables the 5% of morons to get fame, and encourage other moron kids/make certain things look socially acceptable.

I find it hilarious that people are getting mad at the mall for doing this, instead of getting mad at the parents of the children/teens that engage in this. Way to ruin it for all the children/teens (and their parents) that don't engage in this behavior.

Per the article, getting into fights involving 20-30 individuals, shooting random people with pellets. (Don't fuck with pellets, if they hit you in the face or eyes, it can really mess your vision up.)

So they’re going back to harassing all the kids of color, just like the 90s. Neat.

With all due respect if corporal punishment made you what you are then I’m going to avoid it at all costs…

Having parents chaperone kids belonging to a "shitty generation" isn't going to solve any problems.

Who do you think raised them?

There's always somebody who thinks the teens of the day are shitty with no respect for others. But as evergreen as that is, I think you're missing the bigger point.

Honestly, why should they respect their elders? I was a freshman at River Hill when Columbine happened. These kids have grown up in a world where not nearly enough of their parents and grandparents give a damn to give them a better world than that. Some of them are the same age as the children from Sandy Hook. My eldest has been running through active shooter drills since she was 3, and that both infuriates me and breaks my heart.

Drugs and gangs aren't anything new. They've always been there. They've stopped hiding because they want you to notice.

Yeah but when it's a shitty generation that has no respect for others and cause dangerous situations, then there needs to be rules and repercussions put in place. Such as you can't function in society so now you can't go to the mall unaccompanied.

so.....

its still age discrimination

everyone thats cool w it, believes in discrimination when it benefits them

Teacher, here. In AACPS, not HCPSS. At our middle school, we have constant fights, recording of fights, gang related activity, weapon carrying, harassment of one another and adults, and just general assholeishness. I know that kids need a place other than school and home to hang out, but a LOT of the activity that I see on a daily basis from my students today would have been a straight trip to a JDC when I was their age.

I don’t have a solution aside from a societal shift that feels impossible, but I understand why the businesses at the mall don’t want this happening outside of their shops.

They're kids. What does "out of control" look like?

Until today it was only a proposal. It was proposed a couple months ago.

They won't. I mean, they will, for about a month or two. They'll harass teenagers who "look" suspicious. Then they'll harass the wrong kids too many times, the kind with parents who start talking about lawyers. One will get too rough with a kid who wasn't actually doing shit and it'll get filmed and end up on this same news site.

They put these policies in all the time. They never last long.

teenagers aren't a protected class lmao

They're acting out of control at the mall and you're shocked that the mall wants kids to have chaperones?

There were no problems when I was there last Saturday around dinner time.

how are they going to even enforce this

This hurt my inner child that would be at the mall almost daily in high school :(

Age is not a protected class until after 40. At least for employment. But, even the fair housing act allows 55+ communities with no kids.

what do they do? i dont go there often but whej i do i never see kids misbehaving

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