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Man Shot, family puts up memorial, scares local children.
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My guess is that the memorial is actually bothering you, not the kids. Oh, they don't want to go to the park, because a man died there, making it took close to home and real.
They're kids. They may never return to the haunted park, or they may be back in a month of two.
As for the rest... The family is grieving and will leave soon enough. Pushing them on the issue will just get them to dig their heals in and stay longer, to keep you from harming the memory of their loved one.
Worse, now, when they leave, even if you don't touch the memorial, when someone finally does, guess who is going to be blamed for it?
(If you thought, not me, then I have some excellent land in Florida to sell you. A great place and close to a wetlands preserve!)
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1053533 Of this, I believe you are correct. Partly because I do not want to have to be reminded that this type of violence has come into our neighborhood, and partly because of the reaction I have seen from the children leaving the school down the street. I have made sure that I have not returned the park unless I have someone with me. Partly because I want to make sure I have a witness to verify that I have not touched their memorial, and partly because of the people that are there at the memorial. Like I said, if they want a year round memorial, then they need to set it up on their property. This way they can maintain it any way they want. I just do not want it outside my front door. (ok, so it is across the street, but every time I open the door, there it is.) Wow, you must live in cave. Around my whole state there are Crosses " Memorials " of deceased loved ones Everywhere, for every reason, and they stay up, I don't know, seems like years. No one EVER gave anyone shit for putting one near their house, that's crazy. My daughter asked me once what they meant and people go there sometimes, I just explained that someone lost someone they loved and missed and they put that cross there to remember them and mark the spot that their lost Family member/Friend left this world, and it allows other family members and friends to have a place to go to drop off their love and respect. If you keep sheltering your children and essentially keeping blindfolds on them, then when they get a little older and that blindfold gets ripped off by little Tommy in school and he starts to see the world as it really is your gonna be dealing with the most curious, defiant kid ever.The only reason your kid is "Afraid" is because you allowed it. On another note, Why is your child afraid even if your with him/her? Is it that you are afraid, If so Id say most likely if you walked by on your way to playground and told them your sorry for their loss etc you'd find them to be thankful and respectful ( maybe a little late now since you had already said something to them but. ) If you wanted to play with their psyche you could do that as well at that point, Pay condolences and respect and tell them 'I feel so much safer with you guys out here, we need to put a stop to these mindless killings and crimes.' I guarantee their whole mentality for why they are standing there will change.
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