This past week has been extremely difficult for me. I have had to deal with some difficulties that at times seem/are out of my control. I wrote a note this evening, to the people at the management company about what has been going on…so, just because I really just need to get this out and get over it…
On Monday afternoon, about 5pm, or so, three young ladies (one from #,# , and the last unknown at this time) were on the playground doing their homework and talking. At times their conversation became rather loud and many swears were spoken. At one point one of the young ladies yells over to one of the 5 year olds “…Are you a faggot?”, “…Are you a lesbian?” (The boy child’s name is left out)
I was very upset about this, and asked that the young ladies “please, not talk like that in front of the children” At that point the girls got rather obnoxious and loud, swearing and said that if I had a problem, maybe I should talk with their parents. They went to get one of the parents, but I was informed by one of the young ladies that her mother was not home.
The parent came out and proceeded to berate me. I tried to explain to her what it was that I talked to the children about. But she would not hear anything I said to her. I tried to get out of the conversation and let the whole thing drop. I was not that fortunate. About 20 minutes later the other two mothers arrived. I was accused of everything from taking the knob off the faucet to being “spawn of the devil” The knob off the faucet was due to the person who lives in the apartment right next to the faucet, and his not liking his doorway sprayed with water, which several of the children have done at one time or another. She also blamed my son, for all that was wrong on the playground. My son is almost never out alone and unsupervised. Often times his sister or father is with him and he is well behaved. In the instances where my son has not been well behaved, we have punished him by removing him from the playground. One parent, lets her little kids (hers aged 5 and her friends children who she is watching, aged 1-4) out without any supervision. The yard is often filled with litter (as it is now) and they don’t pick up their toys or have consideration for other people’s things.
This past 5 days, my children have had to be restricted from the yard in order to not be around the children swearing, and other children who are unsupervised. I have given up on asking the children in question, to stop. My children, along with the children from at least 3 other apartments, are not allowed outside with those children. My upstairs neighbor and I garden, and neither one of us wants to be outside where we have to listen to the swearing.
Earlier this spring, a note was sent around by management, reminding us to remember that the common areas were for all to use and that we should remember to be polite to others around us…this included the music that is often blasted, by these same three girls.
I am not sure if anything can be done at this point, or if it will even matter. I have been accused of being a racist (as two of the three are not white)…and many other things. I like where I live, but would like to let my children out to play. This note is being sent just to apprise you of the situation at this apartment complex and that there is a problem.
Ok, hopefully after I give this to the lady in the office, I can let go of the thing that is eating me up…
