New city ordinance! What do you think of it?

This is unfair to those teens that acted respectfully. It shouldn't be all teens. This should be passed first to the public before putting it into city ordinance...

the new city ordinance has its both advantages and disadvatages. The disadvatages are teens can no longer hang out at the mall without an adult accompanying them. the advantages the shoppers who likes to go to the mall will go more often without thinking some teens will annoy them.

I think teens should have some sort of adult supervision, but not allowing them to go to the mall without a parent, will only force them to start hanging out somewhere else. The law should be between certain hours, not banned all together. What is the punishment if a teen is at the mall without an adult? It is unfair to a certain extent too because a teen could be at the mall with a parent, but wants to look in different stores, therefore, they separate from the adult. I think it is a bad law.

i think its a good idea so that the teens has safer life they can hang out but limitts time and with adult its a lot better.

Hey Jen! You know, it wouldn't be a bad idea if they would do it in the city near where I live. There is one particular mall that is a big problem where there has been very serious gang violence and all sorts of teenage fights. But, I know that they would never do it and never be able to enforce it! It is true that the malls seem to be a teenage "hangout". It is a shame for the ones that are there just to socialize, but unfortunatly the bad ones outweigh the good! Let me know how it works out!

Where I live they have passed this a few years back, because the older fellows didn't feel safe enough to go to the mall because the teens were harassing them, so they stopped shopping there, and doing the mile walks and so on, so the mall lost business. Since they have passed this, they mall started booming again. It does make you feel bad for the ones that followed the rules and went to just shop, and hang out quietly, but as with anything it only takes a few misfits to ruin it for everyone.

Different ones of my friends and I liked to shop at the mall back when we were in the 12-18 age bracket. We were goofy and giggly, but we weren't disruptive--and we were also there to shop as well. This was in the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. Behavior of teens in a mall was a far cry from what goes on today. If we as teens saw other teens behaving as too many of them do now, we would have perceived them to be juvenile delinquents. It's a shame that the well-behaved kids such as your own are also being affected by this, but, at least, it will turn the mall back into a place where EVERYBODY can comfortably shop/browse. If teens act like two-year-olds at the mall, that's how they will need to be treated--as in tots don't go to the mall without an adult. Hopefully, this rule will make it so that teens will hang out with their parents more, as we've become a society where, after a certain age, we just let our kids go, but a lot of them don't seem to have the background in what is and what isn't acceptable behavior. If the kids want to have a little independence while shopping, the parents can always sit on a bench close to where they're shopping so that they have a presence there but are still giving their kids space.

I think 18 is a little much. I think the mall by where I grew up changed it to 16 a few years ago. 16 seems a little better than 18. So, what happens to the 16 year old that was working in the food court after school to earn a little money to help their family out? I think it is ok to limit it, but if you are old enough to hold a job you should be able to go to the mall by yourself.

bad people are always the ones who make good people pay the consequences in a situation like this. it's not righr but it's life. u know they have good reasons for doing this.

Although I hate that they have to do it, I understand the reasoning behind it. It is sad, though, because as a teen, my friends and I (before there were malls) loved our shopping trips together. It was a part of growing up. But we went shopping, that is all.

I find that weird and sad. I dare say that some stores will have to close at the mall since only teens shop there.

One who acted respectfully must have felt that one who were not behaving well shouldn't get entered into it. They must be happy that now they can get rid of those ugly little customers! I think it is good. Teens must not enter a mall without an adult. In this way they will be in a public place with their parents more which will taech them how to behave in public. Good decision!

It sucks for the teens, but I can see the parents being thrilled. What with kidnappings, rapes, and more happening out there, now the teens have to take their parents and actually hang with them. One, you get to spend time with your kid (even if it is forced at first), Two you can make sure they're alright and safe, and Three it gets you out of the house and involved with them. Whether you like it or not. I think it's a good idea for the long run, even if everybody is furious right now.

Jen- We have that here in Minnesota and I love it. Ours doesn't begin until after 6pm, but it's nice. I don't feel bad for any of them to be honest. I may be a strict parent but my kids won't be going to the mall alone for any reason. The Mall of America is an international mall, people come from all over the world to see it, and with that much traffic, I won't have my children in harms way. Namaste-Anora

I can understand the passing of such an ordinance. There needs to be more programs to keep kids busy, such as the YMCA or other youth clubs. * Teens in packs are bad news. Even good teens once they get into packs can be seriously bad news. Same with kids. Vulnerable adults such as the elderly and even other teens can get hurt when a pack gets out of hand.

The sad thing is, Jen, that everyone has to suffer when a few disobey the rules. As so often happens in life, the innocent are punished along with the guilty! I don't think there are many parents of teens who are willing to "hang out" with them at the mall, so the new law is going to affect a lot of kids.

I actually like this idea. The malls here in Pensacola are like a mad-house on the weekends because of all the teeny-boppers and wanna-be thugs who call it home from Friday night until Sunday nights. My wife and I avoid the malls like the plague on the weekends. I am sure this new ordinance will help the businesses at the mall sell more, because I am sure there are people who, like my wife and I, will not go to the mall on the weekends, because they, like us, do not want to have to deal with all the teenage thugs and freaks who hang out there on the weekends. It will definitely improve the image of the mall. A lot of the teens who hang out at the malls here do not ever really buy anything worth speaking of. Sure there are those who buy some new clothes or a CD every now and then, but the busiest part of the mall when all the teens are around is usually the Food Court. I wish they would pass and enforce a similar ordinance here in Pensacola...

Probably there were too many complaints about the teens sabotage on the store facilities, or other crimes occurred, such as stealing, or shoplifting cases. The stores in the mall must protect their assets, so, it might be a good thing.

Good for those wasting time by hanging out for nothing. Bad for the Mall in terms of lesser traffic. Who is answerable to the tenant's by not able to generate more traffic to the Mall. Unless, there's no tenant. Haha...make sense or not? Happy Mylotting.

it depends for whom ,that's good ,or bad. i think the parents of teens are very happy about that new city ordinance.but it's really binding for teens. certainly bad for seller.