Here’s a true story with a classic theme. Teens who broke a $200 floodlight while skateboarding on the grounds of the Wadsworth Mansion in Middletown, CT were dragged into the director’s office. Instead of calling their parents or the police, she listened to them complain about how they didn’t have a place to skateboard and then educated them on the history of the mansion and its preservation. They were allowed back to skate on certain areas of the grounds and now consider it their after-school hangout. The boys eat food leftover from meetings and banquets, then help out director Deborah Moore with any odd jobs. She keeps them in line, converses with them on an adult level, and they stay out of trouble.