Mall Won't Allow Teens Without Parents

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Mall Won't Allow Teens Without Parents

Every kid knows hanging out with Mom or Dad can be kind of a drag. Kids who want to spend time at the Pheasant Lane Mall on Friday or Saturday nights might not have a choice.

In response to recent "disorderly and disruptive" incidents, mall security two weeks ago started distributing fliers outlining the mall's "general code of conduct," according to mall Manager Ginny Szymanski.

From 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, mall security guards now stand outside two entrances to make sure anyone under 16 has a parent or someone over 21 with them.

"That's when we approach them and give them a copy of the code of conduct and ask the parent to come in with them," Szymanski said.

She said the code — which outlines 13 rules governing acceptable conduct and clothing, among other things — will be enforced by security.

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