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Letter: Teaching opportunity is missed

By Peter Brown, Vancouver
Published: November 5, 2024, 6:00am

On Halloween night, we lost our lawn sign. Thanks to a doorbell camera, we identified the culprit.

What amazed me is that the teen who picked up our sign and casually flipped it over the fence into our neighbor’s yard was accompanied by an adult male, and he did not interfere in any way to the act of vandalism. He went on his merry way, having taught his child that it is totally acceptable to go into somebody’s yard and destroy property belonging to an opposing political party.

So, if your proud baby wore a football uniform with helmet number 27 on Halloween, you missed a serious teaching moment about civics.

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