Not having nothing to do and being bored is just an excuse. I didn't have teen centers, video games, cell phones, the internet etc when I was that age, and I always found something to do that didn't require breaking the law. Of course my parents were strict and one was home all the time.

What a good use of tax dollars. I say, if the state has to raise the kids, the parents should be jailed.

Anything would be better than dropping them off at Cineplex rat fests.

with you icon. I'm sure it's funny if we could read it. Remember....lots of older people with bad eyes.

Is this better?

Much, much, much better. But it took me 10 minutes to notice the boat you were trying to show us. But that's Ok. It's sometimes hard to get the whole boat into the picture. But I think this icon will work just fine in spite of the young lady standing in the way.

I agree, this is much better and won't cause any PC problems. You know, there are probably only a handful of people who know the background or popularity of that image. Your comments just made me laugh!

I like the boat too.

Can you enlarge it a little bit. Oh good grief. Can't believe I said that.

I don't know why our kids don't use the large teen center we built for them: you know the one with a pool, a gym, a game room, a home-work room, a counselling room, a TV room, you know----the one we built instead of a library, a new police station, a sewer system that don't work, bridges to nowhere, tennis courts with pros,--you know, the one where peiople can't wait to help out with by working there?

not peiople

One foot on the floor

Never did understand how to do that. At one time I used peeple, then always peeples, then just folks. One foot on the flour would make it hard to fly.

not flour. One rule of the game is to always keep one foot on the floor. If I wanted to fly I would get on a plane.

One foot on the floor

He hasn't been signed on two days and punked ya. I bet your embarassed. Git it?

It seems the only thing you learned in english class was the difference in your and you're.

Our spoiled brats don't need a teen center, they need PARENTS(not friends)PARENTS. The teen center in Fayetteville didn't work because they were not allowed to use illegal drugs and drink.(pardon us for imposing rules God forbid)
You are right we have absolutely nootthinggg for these little thugs to do here.
There is no kedron field house or many other city owned pools. There are no golf courses, no place to ride bike, no place to rollerblade, no place to play tennis, no place to play soccer or baseball or basketball, no place to play roller hockey, no coffee shops to loiter in, no city sponsered field trips once a week, no part-time jobs to be had(every business in this city has a help-wanted sign)and no way to get too said part-time job(cart paths)no library to check out good books, no lake to canoe or kayak , no flight school to take flying lessons at , no 4-H or scouts to participate in.
It reeealllyy is a shaaammmme is'nt it!!??!!!! Ummm yeah we should be embarrassed for making these young thugs and their idiot parents live here. I have rocks in my backyard that are smarter than these parents and that really is a shame.

My, my, it is not hard to see why kids are hated here. Why, they are just terrible---every last one of them. All parents are idiots, and don't care and wish they hadn't had any kids, I'm sure. Maybe your momma felt the same way, I don't know. Anyone who can't see the difference in a place for teens to congregate, and playing sports and working at McDonalds is sad. They need to interact with one another under interested supervision---anyone but you, though.

Your home sounds like the perfect place for these poor troubled kids.Go on give us your address, so we can let them know how much you care. I'll post directions to your home on the back of my fence so they can find it more easily. Really put your money where your mouth is.

The poster who said all PTC kids weren't bad and did need a place to safely congregate, in my opinion, meant that it may be somewhat late for some of the older ones now, and are police cases, but maybe their problem is that they were ignored too much earlier in their life. Sounds good to me to try and salvage the next bunch by better recreation and supervision. Yelling at parents simply doesn't do much anymore. The facility could be self supporting if you are worried about your money.

Instead of complaining about what the kids don't have, lets look at what they do have. This town offers more than anywhere I have ever lived for teens. There are pools, the Fieldhouse, basketball courts, a roller hockey rink, soccer fields, a state of the art tennis facility open to the public, not like similar facilities which would be high end private clubs. Churches offering youth groups on every corner. The ability for our kids at 15 to travel all over town on golf carts enabling them to get part-time jobs and visit friends. We would be laughed at hysterically by people who came here and saw us complain at the lack of things to do for kids. A youth club would be nice but I guarantee that it would not be "cool" for kids over 15. The kids getting in trouble at 18 need to be working and not stealing, swigging out of vodka bottles on the golf cart paths. They have had every opportunity with good schools, a safe envirnoment but choose to throw it away. Its not the town its the kids.

That doesn't sound right. Are you sure your using proper grammar there?

Paid two litle fer hit.

We couldn't be lucky enough to swindle a Jamaican Doctor into marriage so that we wouldn't have to work again and could be a one term mayor with our wacko ideas. No one is that smart.