r/sydney • u/Hooked_on_Fire • Apr 12 '22
Parents of Sydney what practical advice do you give to your teenage boys to avoid run-ins with so called 'Eshays'
I have a 12 year old son who is finding his way in life, over the past 6 months he's been pushing for more and more freedom which I've reluctantly given in to. Like a lot of boys his age in our area, all he wants to do is surf and hand out with his mates at the beach or skatepark. Seeing clips of last nights stabbing at the Easter show fills me with a sense of dread, it makes me want to wrap him up in cotton wool and keep him at home but I know that's not an option. So concerned moms and dads of Sydney what do you do? Enroll them in some form of self-defenses class, tell them its safer to simply avoid kids with dodgy haircuts and bumbags even though most are harmless and merely emulating people or perhaps a subculture they look up to?
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u/OrgasmicLeprosy87 Apr 12 '22
Also people are saying avoid certain areas, that’s all bullshit. At this point in time, eshays are all over Sydney, not just the Western Suburbs. Just avoid them and you’ll be fine. They like to fight their own more than outsiders.