Hangin' at the mall no mo.

[Mik]

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/2022/12/28/unsupervised-kids-will-be-booted-from-kenwood-mall-at-noon-this-weekend/69762665007/

[George K]

Nope...

[Mik]

Weird. It's not a paywall story.

Mall curfew: Kenwood Towne Centre won't let kids inside without an adult past 2 p.m.

Madeline Mitchell

Cincinnati Enquirer

Those underage and unaccompanied after the curfew or without proper proof of age may be asked to leave, according to Kenwood Towne Centre's website.

Kids 17 and younger aren't permitted inside Kenwood Towne Centre past 2 p.m. this week without an adult, according to the mall's website. An even earlier curfew is in place for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

The mall implemented a "Parental Guidance Required" program over the holidays in 2020. Kids at the mall after curfew must stay with an adult 21 years old or older, and each adult can accompany up to four youths unless those children are 10 years old or younger.

Mall fights of post-Christmas past: Teen mall brawls reported all over the country

“The weeks leading up to and following Christmas are consistently some of the busiest times of year at Kenwood Towne Centre,” David Jacoby, senior general manager of Kenwood Towne Centre, said last year in a news release about the program. "While everyone is welcome at all times, we simply require our young guests to have adult supervision during certain times. It is our goal to create a family-friendly atmosphere that the entire community will appreciate.”

Mall visitors under 18 must be with an adult after 2 p.m. through Friday. On Saturday and Sunday, kids under 18 must be accompanied by an adult from noon until the mall closes.

Those underage and unaccompanied after the curfew or without proper proof of age – a driver's license, military ID, school ID or passport – may be asked to leave, according to the website.

[George K]

@Mik interesting.

"If you don't like the rules, build your own mall..."

[Aqua Letifer]

There was a flyer going around in our town about holiday events. In that flyer, they mentioned that there may be unsupervised teens present, that they're allowed to be there and the town will do nothing about complaints unless there's clear evidence of a disturbance.

[Axtremus]

We used to let the kids roam free, they could walk to/from schools, they could bike in the streets, they could hike trails or swim in lakes and streams, all unaccompanied by adults. Now even their access to the mall is being further restricted.

Then again, do kids really want to hang out at the malls these days? It’s so easy to find on the Internet things that are a lot more interesting than the mall, I’m guessing the number of kids who actually want to hang out at the mall must have declined markedly over the years.

[Mik]

The problem is kids who have grown up on thug culture and cause trouble.

[Copper]

That makes sense. Why fight out in the cold and snow when a nice cozy mall is available?

It is up to the parents to teach these children that the fights should take place on the hockey rink, not the mall.

[89th]

@Mik said in Hangin' at the mall no mo.:

The problem is kids who have grown up on thug culture and cause trouble.

Yup - the Mall of America has had two shooting incidents over the last year. You can imagine the demographics involved (age, race, etc).

[89th]

Insert shocked face. This is who shot someone at the Mall of America last week.

[Jolly]

@Mik said in Hangin' at the mall no mo.:

The problem is kids who have grown up on thug culture and cause trouble.

Give the cops some leeway and let them lean on the thugs.

[Copper]

Give him a free ride to Harvard, he'll be fine.