Abusive Kids In The Park Today ....

Trusty said:
Oh come on....he's not the bad guy here.

OP, i wouldn't have shouted at them to be honest, i would gone over and tried to talk to them like adults. Try and influence them rather than belittle them..
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Yes he isn't. Although he won't come across as a nice guy if the kids tell their parents. All it takes is for a kid to lie, or accuse and it's game over.

If they told him once 'you're not our dad, we can do what we want.' Talking to them won't help, no matter how nice you are.
 
What gets me is that when people do things like that, even at 12yo and nothing in them registers that it's wrong, makes me wonder if we are fundamentally bad and have only to be told the difference.
 
Forget it and move on - preferably see about leaving the UK permanently. The UK Police would probably arrest you on numerous grounds.
 
Heliospherez said:
Although what you did wasn't technically "wrong", did you not realise what the potential outcome could be.

Firstly - they did nothing wrong in the eyes of the law. You did ! You threatened them - and most kids of that age will be smart enough to know they have you by the short and curlies once you say something like that.

Most importantly - you photographed underage kids without their parents permission in a park - and they could twist that any which way they like. I know because I have a teacher friend who basically nearly lost his job for a similar reason :rolleyes: If you publish that picture you may as well sign your own death warrant - no matter what the reason. I know if it was my daughter and someone had been taking pictures to post online (even if she was spouting every other word as an F-Word) - I would want to know who the hell thought it was right to take & publish their pictures without my consent.

You should have dealt with the situation differently... as in - just removing your kids from the situation ,explaining your reasons to the other kids - and being done with it.
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It is an offence to use foul and abusive language in public and it's also an offence to threaten violence. Both parties were in the wrong but the foul mouthed children were the root cause.

You can take pictures of whoever you want in public, even children, without consent. You may appear in published pictures and nobody will contact you for 'permission' to use your likeness.
 
It is perfectly legal to photograph someone (inc children) in a public place. The younger girls could be classed as displaying 'antisocial behavier' and the OP took a photo as evidence.

I'm not suggesting he took the correct action, but its not half as bad as some are making out :)

Edit - beaten by the above poster!
 
Ahleckz said:
Yes, putting a picture of 12 year old girls online is a great idea. :rolleyes:
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The sarcasm is correct. Do not do it as you'll at least get in the doghouse for uploading pictures of somebody without their consent, could even face a criminal charge for them being so young should you post them on the internet. The risk isn't worth it, you'd at least face social ramifications.

Ahleckz said:
Though, teaching your children that abusive people should be beaten isn't very good parenting. You did the right thing in asking them to be quiet, but beyond that you didn't perform very well.
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Morraly incorrect, but lawfully right. As much as abusive/anti social people should get a hefty iron pipe around the back of the head, teaching your children that it is okay to do it is the wrong move.

Ahleckz said:
Just forget it, and move on.
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This.
 
universally stupid taking photos, they will go home cry to mummy that some man in the park took their picture, mum calls police OP is in a world of trouble, potentially
 
This is what this country has come to, no wonder abusive kids can get away with well being abusive!.

Go to the parents and give them a slap instead :p
 
Well lets put it this way, those girls 100% went home and told their parents you are a pedo.

You don't take pictures of kids that aren't your own in this day and age mate.

Plus it couldn't of been nice for your kids to see you hurl abuse at other children!

Some kids are screwed up and have zero discipline, they swear curse and don't see any wrong in it. Its the way of the world and society im afraid.

Its the parents who are to blame, not the kids.
 
Delete the pics, make sure you havnt auto uploaded them some where and carry on, some kids these days have no discipline and id bet the parents are just as bad.

I feel for you though having kids of my own, it makes you wonder why some parents bring their kids up like that.
 
I dunno.

If the OP took the sensible option, which was to withdraw his own kids, then I would have felt embarrassed because it meant that the abusive 12 y/o's "won". Then since they managed to get their own way on this occasion, it means that they'll abuse that position and do it again to other fathers.
 
Been in a the same situation a few times, if it's that bad we leave. Otherwise ignore them, not worth the trouble and all you get for speaking out is abuse.
 
churchhawk said:
Its the parents who are to blame, not the kids.
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Why? At what moment does the "blame" start leaning towards the kids?

I would say, in this situation, that these kids are old enough and wise enough to know they are in the wrong but they just don't care. Unfortunately the OP had to walk away (no real choice) making these neds think that they CAN do whatever they want and if someone doesn't like it then tough.... Self entitlement here we come :rolleyes:
 
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