If you're not concerned with the family leaving the first thing I would do is schedule a sit down meeting with the parents after closing time when you can really lay it all out for them. I would be completely open and honest about your feelings about the situation. I would have information and resources available that they can take home that you feel are relevant to the problems you're having. Hopefully having someone give it to them straight will prod them into doing the right thing by their child.

If that doesn't happen and you end up keeping the child I would use the superyard. If you have enough room you could even get two to use together, giving him more room to himself. I would not allow one child to endanger the others with their destructive behavior. Today he pulled down the bins, but tomorrow it could just as easily be a dresser, television or cabinet.

Good luck with this, and keep us posted.

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