I am greatly disturbed by the stories I am reading about the basketball courts at the city park. As most people can attest I spent most of my time in Newton Falls at the basketball courts. It was a very special place for me. I have seen a lot of things at that park, however, I have learned a lot at that park. We would see fights and people screaming obscenities but the fights were broken up and the obscenities were dealt with by approaching the people involved. I learned that was not the kind of behavior I needed to become the player I wanted to be. The game of basketball is a great tool for kids to learn about life. It is unfortunate that some kids won't have that opportunity because of this behavior.

However, you can use that situation to teach your kids about life. We confronted the people on the courts and they either changed or they left. Quite possibly, if some of the good people confront these guys one or two things will happen. They will either change or they will leave. I use to love to see fathers bring their little kids to the courts and show them how to play. I use to spend a lot of time helping these little kids learn to play basketball. We need some people there to step up and help these little kids play. The game of basketball is a wonderful sport and a great learning experience. It should be made available to all.

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I can understand that...I was at the Park the other day, and 4 young adults were there. First the women started throwing F bombs at each other and fighting and a coach asked them to please go fight somewhere else away from the kids. Then they moved to a different pavillion and started screaming at each other. Pretty soon the husbands showed up and started yelling at each other. I guess my point is how can we expect our kids to act maturely and appropriately in public, when we can't seem to get our adults (parents) to. It really is ridiculous the way people act when they are out and about. Show some class people! Be positive role models not negative ones!

Have you taken your kids to the play ground? well look in the garbage cans you will find all kinds of cans from beer and wine coolers ect. and funny thing no one does anything about that either. skate park, kids with out helmets, and you'll here about the same kind of language there too.