Hooligans

Yesterday I braved the battle field I like to call walmart, with two babies and two "bored" school children we ventured our way through the various isles dodging various cart pushers, finally we were done, as we walked through the front doors heading to the jungle known as the parking lot, I noticed some "hooligans" they were sitting on the ground in front of the store, they were your typical stoners, sitting there smoking and such, I saw Nick looking at them, so I made a mental note to discuss what he had seen, when one of them jumped up and started using any bad name you can think of, Right in front of my children.... I felt the hair stand up on the back of my neck, I felt that maternal instinct kick in and I pounced..... I said " Watch you language, there are young children here!" To my surprise the other "hooligans" circled the offender and said "Come on lets go" not before of course the offender spouted off a few more words and told me that Walmart thought she was a thief" K.. whatever...

When we got in the car I told my kids that those kids had obviously made and were making poor choices, and Nick pointed out that there parents probably were too.... Funny that he would think that way.... He also pointed out that those kids could have shot me..... I thought that was funny and sad that he would think that way too:) I told him that we must always stand up for what is right, and sometimes that was scarey.... He told me if he were going to do bad things it wouldn't be in front of Walmart for everyone to see...... Should I be worried? :)