57 THE BRIGHT IDEA CLOSE-UP send THE JEWISH NEWS 354-6060 as a gift Teen Playgrounds Continued from Page 49 ents help when they're in trouble and try to get them out of it in any way they can, and then the kids don't really appreciate the rules of society." Restaurant owner Matley feels the solution lies in family values, and blames it on parents not ex- pecting enough from their sons OPEN and daughters. "If the parents 7 DAYS would say to them, 'Go out and get MON. a job' instead of 'Here's $50. Go get 11 a.m.-3 p.m. lost,' then things would be much 12 MILE & EVERGREEN better." 557-88991 EVERGREEN SHOPPING PLAZA He adds he has difficulty get- ting employees from the area be- -um MMMMMMMMMMMM cause the kids in the West Bloom- FAMILY ITALIAN DINING & PIZZA field - Farmington Hills - South- field area don't have to work. Most 4033 W. 12 MILE, 3 Blks. E. of Greenfield of his employees come from De- 548-3650 Berkley troit, Livonia and Redford. 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He believes teenagers who get into trouble are trying to see how far they can go, and he's surprised at the way several parents re- sponded to their troublemaking youngsters. Two girls he knows were sent away to boarding schools after their parents learned of their behavior. A third teenager, 16-year-old Bill Bingham of Southfield, blames the bad behavior on peer pressure. "Some kids get into trouble depending on the crowd they're with at the moment. On an individual basis, they probably wouldn't do those things . . . Some of the kids could use some direc- tion." Bingham says he is too busy with classes, band, and his part- time job at the Southfield- Lathrup High School radio sta- tion to get into trouble. Is the more offensive behavior some type of developmental stage, a passage through adolescence? Not according to a local psychiatric social worker. John Hribljan, of Henry Ford Hospi- tal's West Bloomfield facility, says a certain amount of rebellion and asserting of one's individual- ity is to be expected in this age group, but extremely outrageous behavior is not the norm. "There seems to be a distortion of right and wrong here. It is not O.K. to vandalize. It is not O.K. to flaunt power and all authority," he commented. Some of the teenagers in ques- tion have threatened people with lawsuits, as if to suggest their parents will buy or bully their way out of any difficulties their children might face. The line goes . . . "If you don't do what I want, my father, who's an attorney (or doctor, etc.), will sue you." Farmington Hills police officer Continued on next page Paul Cavan says sometimes par- ents will not accept the fact their son or daughter has done some- thing wrong and will indeed try to intimidate the person making the complaint, setting a bad example for the youngster. 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