My son sent me an email about this today & it worries me. Seems an 8th grade honor student in Connecticut was suspended, lost his position as vice president of his class & couldn't go to an honors banquet because he committed the heinous crime of buying Skittles candy from a fellow student. You can read the story here.
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Yet, another good diary. Thanks, Alice! -Elisa

Recently a mall near us started a curfew for kids 16 & under. They can't go to the mall on Friday or Saturday after 4pm unless accompanied by an adult over 21. What do you think of this? The mall's position is that the kids are using the mall as a hangout & are disruptive.They claim business has suffered as a result.

The mall is not one of the more popular ones & the big draw is the movie theater inside. I have been to this mall on weekend evenings before the curfew & noticed the typical gathering of young people waiting in the adjoining food area near the movie entrance.My thought is the reason the mall is losing business is because it is an older mall & the biggest store in it is Target.

The mall is basing the policy on one used by malls in other cities such as Mall of the Americas. Have you run into issues with kids overrunning the malls in your area? Do you drop off your young teens or allow them to go to the mall without "adult" supervision?