Moose
You all are the best!!! Thank you for the education! I have talked with the shop owner (twice now) and even had a customer chime in asking why I was messing with his business. I educated him on the Middle School starting up soon and said I’m just not ok with this. The shop owner said he would NEVER sell to anyone under 18… that made me feel warm and fuzzy. Um not.
That link is perfect… I will use this blog with all your comments to go to the school and SPD. I am also going to print it out and give it to the shop owner (I will remove all user names).
I agree it is about parental communication. Having had my niece living with us while she attended high school – I found out firsthand how little parents communicate with kids HOWEVER the school can. It’s through one of those neglected kids I fear that will introduce this crap into the schools. I understand I can’t stop it but maybe(we)can voice our intolerance to these shops that are located close to schools. (I didn’t even notice if they had those “cracker” things they were talking about in the news link. I wouldn’t have known what one was but now I do…)
Should I name the store after I have made it clear I was blogging this about his shop?