Yeah it almost certainly panhandling and the parents told them to target older folks.I did not recognize these kids either was the thing if they where locals I would have seen them someplace before.Waiting for a bus or playing around with other kids.
Once last year this teenage male maybe 15 or 16 flagged me down and he looked like he really needed help.So I roll down the window and ask cause I figure he is trying to get away from some of the ruffian kids that are in the area and maybe he was trying to avoid them and just did not say.
He just wanted to know where the Subway was there is a one inside a gas station about a mile away so I told him how to go on foot the safest way.He did not ask for money but for some reason or another he seemed liked he did need it but did not ask so I asked and he said he that he did so I gave him enough to buy a full meal.Couple days later I saw him again riding a bike and he gave me the same amount of money I had given him.I never saw him again after that.Who knows lots of vagrant families around here.Despite having lousy parents some kids still manage to be decent members of society though it surely must be harder for them.Then you have kids raised by so called decent people and they are dirt bags it takes all kinds I suppose.If everyone was the exact same way the world would be a very boring place.
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