Courage, kindness, and good parenting all in one post!
Russ
You’re probably about 15 years old, so I don’t expect you to be very mature or for you to want a little girl on your skate ramp for that matter.
What you don’t know is that my daughter has been wanting to skateboard for months. I actually had to convince her that skateboarding wasn’t for just for boys.
So when we walked up to the skate park and saw that it was full of teenage boys who were smoking and swearing, she immediately wanted to turn around and go home.
I secretly wanted to go too because I didn’t want to have to put on my mom voice and exchange words with you.
I also didn’t want my daughter to feel like she had to be scared of anyone, or that she wasn’t entitled to that skate park just as much as you were.
So when she said, “Mom it’s…
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What a wonderful boy
I believe there are many such teenagers, far more than than those who become criminals. Society couldn’t function if that wasn’t the case.
Great share! My grandson loves to skateboard and is quite a good skater. Thankfully he was never intimidated by others when he arrived.
I’m glad to hear it, Mrs. P. Life can be intimidating enough sometimes even without others piling it on.
Russ