Lantley wrote:
toedtoes wrote:
Ductape wrote:
What a bunch of killjoys hang around here... as a boy I climbed trees and got on the roof of the house. Nobody had a hissy fit.
When the kids park themselves in front of a game console all day, I bet the same ones will complain about that too.
This isn't even like climbing on the roof of a house which most kids have to do in creative ways (climbing the tree, then swinging over to the roof, etc.). This was simply a kid who was checking out the trailer, saw a ladder and climbed it.
Why would he even think the ladder wasn't meant to be climbed - that's what ladders are for! It's not like he spray-painted the outside, or took apart the hitch, or opened the black tank valve. He just climbed a ladder. Big whoop. Explain to him that a trailer roof isn't meant to hold his weight, that the ladder is there for emergency use only to access the A/C, and let it go. He's not a hellion running around undisciplined, he's a curious 8 year old kid.
I guess if I left my car door unlocked,he could go inside because that's what kids do:S Not in my world.
My work van has a ladder on it. Can he climb that as well?
Surprising to me how many think the kids actions were OK.
I agree if the kid was not invited, but from what the OP states, the kid didn't go snoop where he wasn't allowed - he was part of the family that was invited to "check out his new trailer". I don't see where his actions IN THIS SITUATION make him out to be a horrid brat.
As such, I think a simple explanation on the function of the ladder and the strength of the roof is sufficient to prevent it from happening again.
Surprising to me how many think the kid's actions were tantamount to vandalism or criminal.
