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Mazamet: no unaccompanied under-14 out
The maire in Mazamet has issued a by-law banning children under 14 years old from being out in the street at night (between10:30 pm and 6 am), unless they are accompanied by an adult.
Joined on 23/08/2004
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Re: Mazamet: no unaccompanied under-14 out
As children from the HLM, my sisters and I used to stay out until very late (for a child) during the summer holidays, together with a our friends of varying ages. We would scare each other, dare each other, go where we weren't allowed to go... However, we lived on the outskirts of town, the parents all knew us and each other and we were not a gang, we did not damage property, smoke, drink or abuse passers-by...
A few of my childhood friends have taken a wrong turn. One killed herself, another started taking drugs and turned to prostitution, another was sentenced to 20 years for murder...
Clair
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. Paradise Lost - John Milton
I'd raid my mothers wardrobe and climb out of my bedroom window 'til the age of 16 then we moved house and my bedroom was at the front of the house and the drain-pipe was on the wrong side