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If you've read my other journals you know about Timmy (a 5 year old kid in my neighborhood that never has any supervision from his parents) and Tyler (a 10 year old who keeps talking to me and also seems to be stalking me a little), and my brother (8 years old). There's also the 9 year old Sam and his sister Jessi who is 7. When I watch my brother after we get home from school he goes outside and plays with them. I am in charge of my brother when my parents aren't home, but the rest of them should have some other authority figure to report to. Apparently they don't. I made Timmy get out of the woods behind my house before for fear of him getting poison ivy or falling off of the cliff (more like a steep hill). I didn't think his parents knew he was in there in the first place. Ever since, when I'm watching my brother after school, or even if my parents are just busy, they always come to me with their problems. Yesterday, Tyler knocked on my door, and when I answered it he said "Timmy keeps cussing and we told him to stop but he won't". So I just told Timmy he'd better stop or I was going to tell his parents on him. I had a bit of a realization there though. I'm responsible for all of those kids when they're out playing. I'm not so sure how I feel about it.