Another reckless teenage boy destroys his life

[Anonymous]

“You never think it’s going to hit close to home until it does,”

Exactly - no one thinks it will be them (or their child), but teens all think they are invincible.

Did u read until the end, another teen ended up shot and paralyzed from the waist down, after he shot his target with a water gun, but her dad thought it was a real gun and shot him back - with a real gun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It isn't parenting that makes teens risk adverse or risk takers. It is personality.

Brain development is such that they can be impulsive, not think about consequences, and feel invincible. They are not yet great at executive functioning.

Now if you have an anxious, rule following, perfectionist, introverted kid - you are set. But not everyone has that kid.

But even the risk-averse kids don't always have great judgment yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“You never think it’s going to hit close to home until it does,”

Exactly - no one thinks it will be them (or their child), but teens all think they are invincible.

Did u read until the end, another teen ended up shot and paralyzed from the waist down, after he shot his target with a water gun, but her dad thought it was a real gun and shot him back - with a real gun.

That doesn’t make the game dangerous. That makes that dad a gun-happy Maga moron.

[Anonymous]

So the girl driving the car was a target and the boy jumped on the back of her jeep. I'm confused how he could even spray her that way at all. And why the thought would be to kick it in reverse if some presumably acquaintance jumped on your car.

It's ashame, that these few seconds of wrong impulsive decisions now have a lifetime of consequence for so many people.

I feel sad for everyone involved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the girl driving the car was a target and the boy jumped on the back of her jeep. I'm confused how he could even spray her that way at all. And why the thought would be to kick it in reverse if some presumably acquaintance jumped on your car.

It's ashame, that these few seconds of wrong impulsive decisions now have a lifetime of consequence for so many people.

I feel sad for everyone involved.

I’m guessing he didn’t think she’d actually drive anywhere if he was on the back of the car, so he thought he had her cornered, but then she did, to get away from him. I’m no lawyer — if she knew she was driving with him on the back and then he fell off and she kept driving, does that count as leaving the scene of an accident?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So the girl driving the car was a target and the boy jumped on the back of her jeep. I'm confused how he could even spray her that way at all. And why the thought would be to kick it in reverse if some presumably acquaintance jumped on your car.

It's ashame, that these few seconds of wrong impulsive decisions now have a lifetime of consequence for so many people.

I feel sad for everyone involved.

I’m guessing he didn’t think she’d actually drive anywhere if he was on the back of the car, so he thought he had her cornered, but then she did, to get away from him. I’m no lawyer — if she knew she was driving with him on the back and then he fell off and she kept driving, does that count as leaving the scene of an accident?

They are both responsible. It’s a shame his parents are going after her while assuming no responsibility for his role in the stupidity. Guarantee the two of them ruined the game for any future seniors at that school. Admin will just shut it down. This is why we can’t have nice things.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:FYI your judgement is likely driven by fear and and unconscious need for reassurance.

Fear, yes! There is an epidemic of reckless teenage boys doing willfully dangerous things and it has to stop. This time no one else was injured but that is often not the case. Parents of boys need to DO BETTER. You can't just check out once they hit 6th grade like so many do.

My theory is that young children are so padded and overprotected by parents these days, desperately lacking adequate exposure to the physical world, that when they become teens and naturally separate from their parents, they’re abilities to assess risk and consequences are f*cked.

Blah blah blah every generation says this

You are an idiot

Every generation says this? No, they don’t. Nobody says GenX kids were padded and overprotected. Quite the opposite. We played outside all day, completely separate from adults. Our parents never knew where we were. We learned to navigate the world by living it in realtime.

Nobody says that about most previous generations, either. Maybe Boomers to a certain extent, who were a bit coddled after the horrors of WW2. But nothing like kids today.

UMC kids today grow up in tightly controlled environments orchestrated by adults—travel sports, summer camp, constant extracurriculars. There’s little opportunity to learn from benign errors either because the environment is so contrived or because there’s always an adult there to catch them.

You're arguing against yourself. Gen X was so reckless; no one was watching us, and some of us got hurt or worse. Today's kids might be insulated and you're trying to make the point that the insulation is what's causing them to get hurt. So which is it?

We're saying KIDS DO DUMB STUFF AND GET HURT SOMETIMES. It's not a "these days" or "kids today" thing.

NP. And honestly, my boomer dad was convinced my "outside all the time" Gen X childhood was overprotective, because HIS was more dangerous. I was just playing in the woods, I wasn't taking apart shotgun shells for the gunpowder or playing on the railroad tracks like he did. I wasn't pumping gas for tips at age 13, so I wasn't learning about the real world.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:FYI your judgement is likely driven by fear and and unconscious need for reassurance.

Fear, yes! There is an epidemic of reckless teenage boys doing willfully dangerous things and it has to stop. This time no one else was injured but that is often not the case. Parents of boys need to DO BETTER. You can't just check out once they hit 6th grade like so many do.

My theory is that young children are so padded and overprotected by parents these days, desperately lacking adequate exposure to the physical world, that when they become teens and naturally separate from their parents, they’re abilities to assess risk and consequences are f*cked.

Blah blah blah every generation says this

You are an idiot

Every generation says this? No, they don’t. Nobody says GenX kids were padded and overprotected. Quite the opposite. We played outside all day, completely separate from adults. Our parents never knew where we were. We learned to navigate the world by living it in realtime.

Nobody says that about most previous generations, either. Maybe Boomers to a certain extent, who were a bit coddled after the horrors of WW2. But nothing like kids today.

UMC kids today grow up in tightly controlled environments orchestrated by adults—travel sports, summer camp, constant extracurriculars. There’s little opportunity to learn from benign errors either because the environment is so contrived or because there’s always an adult there to catch them.

You're arguing against yourself. Gen X was so reckless; no one was watching us, and some of us got hurt or worse. Today's kids might be insulated and you're trying to make the point that the insulation is what's causing them to get hurt. So which is it?

We're saying KIDS DO DUMB STUFF AND GET HURT SOMETIMES. It's not a "these days" or "kids today" thing.

NP. And honestly, my boomer dad was convinced my "outside all the time" Gen X childhood was overprotective, because HIS was more dangerous. I was just playing in the woods, I wasn't taking apart shotgun shells for the gunpowder or playing on the railroad tracks like he did. I wasn't pumping gas for tips at age 13, so I wasn't learning about the real world.

My dad, aged 8-10 or so, used to wander down to the train yard and hang out with the hobos! He thought the whole "stranger danger" thing of my youth was absurd and prevented us from meeting interesting people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:So the girl driving the car was a target and the boy jumped on the back of her jeep. I'm confused how he could even spray her that way at all. And why the thought would be to kick it in reverse if some presumably acquaintance jumped on your car.

It's ashame, that these few seconds of wrong impulsive decisions now have a lifetime of consequence for so many people.

I feel sad for everyone involved.

I’m guessing he didn’t think she’d actually drive anywhere if he was on the back of the car, so he thought he had her cornered, but then she did, to get away from him. I’m no lawyer — if she knew she was driving with him on the back and then he fell off and she kept driving, does that count as leaving the scene of an accident?

They are both responsible. It’s a shame his parents are going after her while assuming no responsibility for his role in the stupidity. Guarantee the two of them ruined the game for any future seniors at that school. Admin will just shut it down. This is why we can’t have nice things.

The boy definitely shouldn’t have gotten on her car, but there’s a substantial disparity in their level of culpability. He doesn’t have a TBI because he climbed onto a stationary car. He has one because the girl displayed a complete disregard for his safety.

It’s gross that you’re more upset about this problematic game being “ruined” for future seniors than you are that this kid is grievously injured. Kids do dumb things. It’s prudent to ban this game.

[Anonymous]

It's always the boys. Good job, Boy Moms!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the girl driving the car was a target and the boy jumped on the back of her jeep. I'm confused how he could even spray her that way at all. And why the thought would be to kick it in reverse if some presumably acquaintance jumped on your car.

It's ashame, that these few seconds of wrong impulsive decisions now have a lifetime of consequence for so many people.

I feel sad for everyone involved.

I’m guessing he didn’t think she’d actually drive anywhere if he was on the back of the car, so he thought he had her cornered, but then she did, to get away from him. I’m no lawyer — if she knew she was driving with him on the back and then he fell off and she kept driving, does that count as leaving the scene of an accident?

They are both responsible. It’s a shame his parents are going after her while assuming no responsibility for his role in the stupidity. Guarantee the two of them ruined the game for any future seniors at that school. Admin will just shut it down. This is why we can’t have nice things.

The boy definitely shouldn’t have gotten on her car, but there’s a substantial disparity in their level of culpability. He doesn’t have a TBI because he climbed onto a stationary car. He has one because the girl displayed a complete disregard for his safety.

It’s gross that you’re more upset about this problematic game being “ruined” for future seniors than you are that this kid is grievously injured. Kids do dumb things. It’s prudent to ban this game.

Maybe we just ban the idiot kids from playing. Why must the rule following kids always be punished?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the girl driving the car was a target and the boy jumped on the back of her jeep. I'm confused how he could even spray her that way at all. And why the thought would be to kick it in reverse if some presumably acquaintance jumped on your car.

It's ashame, that these few seconds of wrong impulsive decisions now have a lifetime of consequence for so many people.

I feel sad for everyone involved.

I’m guessing he didn’t think she’d actually drive anywhere if he was on the back of the car, so he thought he had her cornered, but then she did, to get away from him. I’m no lawyer — if she knew she was driving with him on the back and then he fell off and she kept driving, does that count as leaving the scene of an accident?

They are both responsible. It’s a shame his parents are going after her while assuming no responsibility for his role in the stupidity. Guarantee the two of them ruined the game for any future seniors at that school. Admin will just shut it down. This is why we can’t have nice things.

The boy definitely shouldn’t have gotten on her car, but there’s a substantial disparity in their level of culpability. He doesn’t have a TBI because he climbed onto a stationary car. He has one because the girl displayed a complete disregard for his safety.

It’s gross that you’re more upset about this problematic game being “ruined” for future seniors than you are that this kid is grievously injured. Kids do dumb things. It’s prudent to ban this game.

Maybe we just ban the idiot kids from playing. Why must the rule following kids always be punished?

DP. If we're going to ban games that people get hurt playing this one would seem pretty far down the list. I'm sure there were more TBIs in girls' soccer last year than in this game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's always the boys. Good job, Boy Moms!

The boy was injured due to a female driver’s actions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the girl driving the car was a target and the boy jumped on the back of her jeep. I'm confused how he could even spray her that way at all. And why the thought would be to kick it in reverse if some presumably acquaintance jumped on your car.

It's ashame, that these few seconds of wrong impulsive decisions now have a lifetime of consequence for so many people.

I feel sad for everyone involved.

I’m guessing he didn’t think she’d actually drive anywhere if he was on the back of the car, so he thought he had her cornered, but then she did, to get away from him. I’m no lawyer — if she knew she was driving with him on the back and then he fell off and she kept driving, does that count as leaving the scene of an accident?

They are both responsible. It’s a shame his parents are going after her while assuming no responsibility for his role in the stupidity. Guarantee the two of them ruined the game for any future seniors at that school. Admin will just shut it down. This is why we can’t have nice things.

The boy definitely shouldn’t have gotten on her car, but there’s a substantial disparity in their level of culpability. He doesn’t have a TBI because he climbed onto a stationary car. He has one because the girl displayed a complete disregard for his safety.

It’s gross that you’re more upset about this problematic game being “ruined” for future seniors than you are that this kid is grievously injured. Kids do dumb things. It’s prudent to ban this game.

Maybe we just ban the idiot kids from playing. Why must the rule following kids always be punished?

Maybe just introduce some rules so it’s not a free for all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the girl driving the car was a target and the boy jumped on the back of her jeep. I'm confused how he could even spray her that way at all. And why the thought would be to kick it in reverse if some presumably acquaintance jumped on your car.

It's ashame, that these few seconds of wrong impulsive decisions now have a lifetime of consequence for so many people.

I feel sad for everyone involved.

I’m guessing he didn’t think she’d actually drive anywhere if he was on the back of the car, so he thought he had her cornered, but then she did, to get away from him. I’m no lawyer — if she knew she was driving with him on the back and then he fell off and she kept driving, does that count as leaving the scene of an accident?

They are both responsible. It’s a shame his parents are going after her while assuming no responsibility for his role in the stupidity. Guarantee the two of them ruined the game for any future seniors at that school. Admin will just shut it down. This is why we can’t have nice things.

The boy definitely shouldn’t have gotten on her car, but there’s a substantial disparity in their level of culpability. He doesn’t have a TBI because he climbed onto a stationary car. He has one because the girl displayed a complete disregard for his safety.

It’s gross that you’re more upset about this problematic game being “ruined” for future seniors than you are that this kid is grievously injured. Kids do dumb things. It’s prudent to ban this game.

Maybe we just ban the idiot kids from playing. Why must the rule following kids always be punished?

Maybe just introduce some rules so it’s not a free for all.

There ARE lots of rules. No “kills” involving cars is one of them.

But rather than let her leave, he decided to physically climb on her car to force her to stay. Classic male.