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05-17-2016, 10:13 PM
Mom writes 'permission slip' letting sons climb trees after adult chastises them
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Who knew you needed a permission slip to climb a tree?
Julia Holcombe's sons Ryan and Patrick, both 12, often climb trees with their friends after school in Yardley, Pennsylvania. But last week, a buzzkill adult put a damper on their fun.
According to Ryan, the man — a stranger — approached the kids as they played, then immediately told them to get out of the tree they'd scaled.
SEE ALSO: Australian girl wins right to wear pants at school because it's 2016 (http://mashable.com/2016/05/16/girl-wins-right-pants/)
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Ryan and Patrick in a tree.
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"I've been watching you climb this tree after school for a while, and even sent a security guard over to talk to you, but you were being evasive of the ******r," the man said. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/17/mom-tree-climbing-**te/)
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Who knew you needed a permission slip to climb a tree?
Julia Holcombe's sons Ryan and Patrick, both 12, often climb trees with their friends after school in Yardley, Pennsylvania. But last week, a buzzkill adult put a damper on their fun.
According to Ryan, the man — a stranger — approached the kids as they played, then immediately told them to get out of the tree they'd scaled.
SEE ALSO: Australian girl wins right to wear pants at school because it's 2016 (http://mashable.com/2016/05/16/girl-wins-right-pants/)
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Ryan and Patrick in a tree.
Image: facebook/julie walsh holcombe (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10209666135589234&set=a.3719488504846.2174219.1204781342&type=3&theater)
"I've been watching you climb this tree after school for a while, and even sent a security guard over to talk to you, but you were being evasive of the ******r," the man said. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/17/mom-tree-climbing-**te/)
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