Bullies will always be bullies, however the community needs to think about providing a bully free place for teens to be. a safe environment where teens can socialize at night without fear. Most of the teens are good kids and deserve somewhere to be at night. They need a place to be where drinking is not the social norm. After this party, most parents will be locking their teens up, however that is not going to provide the positive solution that this situation requires.

Negative reinforcement creates more negative behavior. Positive reinforcement creates more positive behavior. We need to redirect the teens energy by providing a place to go LATE AT NIGHT, when teens like to socialize, a positive atmosphere (with supervision) to break this current cycle.

Of course this will not change a criminal’s behavior, but it will provide a place for the teens who want to avoid bullies and drinking but not feel ostracized.