Sounds like good news for government budgets. We may reflect a minority, but we believe Fargo s anti-youth attitude is costing way more than these numbers even begin to reflect. The easy thing to say is that our young kids shouldn t be doing things like drinking or smoking pot or having loud parties. It s easy to say this after we re a few decades away from being that age ourselves. But we re lying to ourselves and everyone else if we believe our generations were any different from current generations.
Kids are kids.
Certainly, responsible action ought accompany all decisions made by all self-directing adults. Yes, they may be in violation of the law. And, yes, they may be breaching things like school or university policies. These are our decisions to make, after all. We don t have to apply or accept all these grant programs, if we don t want to.