Posted on 05/29/2023 1:49:04 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Jennifer Sepulveda used to drop off her 14-year-old son, Jorden, at the local mall on a Friday or Saturday night, where he would catch a movie with his friends and then hang out afterwards at the food court or elsewhere.
Not anymore.
Starting April 18, Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey — the second largest mall in the state — is requiring anyone under 18 years old to be accompanied by a chaperone at least 21 or older on Fridays and Saturdays after 5 p.m.
The move, according to the mall, follows “an increase in disruptive behavior by a small minority of younger visitors.” That included a reported brawl in the food court last year and a fight in March that brought swarms of policemen to the center but ended up being a smaller altercation than initially reported.
Sepulveda of Passaic, New Jersey said she was fine with the new policy. […]
Requiring an adult chaperone at malls, at least for certain times of the day, is not new. Mall of America, the nation’s largest shopping mall, imposed a chaperone policy back in 1996 and has been increasingly tightening it as recently as 2020 when it mandated that teens be accompanied by adults after 3 p.m. daily.
But experts say Garden State Plaza joins a growing number of shopping centers, amusement parks and even a few restaurants that have implemented similar policies in the last few months ahead of the summer season. And they all cite increased incidents of bad behavior among teens as the reason, some of it inspired by social media like TikTok. …
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I am serious!
And don’t call me Shirley!
The age of accompaniment isn’t all that high. Certain chronic punk types have plenty of trouble makers in that age range.
LOL! I love it! Good idea. They could also use the Walmarts that are being shut down as shelter for the illegal Rio Grande waders. Make them into apartment complexes.
It’s Dem derr Amish again. Hey , Reuben, go get da Parson!
Minority? We don’t call them that any more. We call them an ethnic group.
Or else give them cardboard boxes and wish them luck.
Ethnic community sounds kind of nice.
So 28 year old Shereaks’ah has to take her 14 year old daughter Rcun’te to the mall; what does she do with her 3 younger kids?
What kind of teens exactly?
If only there was a reason for this requirement. I wish I could think of one.
Home training has seen better days.
I see an easy money making opportunity for bums in the area.
Were going to need more leashes looting crimes drops.
This be your new daddy.
Yup. And they do it for totally justified reasons. Dropping kids off with no supervision for hours is not in the definition of good parenting. Its being an uber driver.
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