Another reckless teenage boy destroys his life

[Anonymous]

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

Never get these posts. Many many people have boys AND girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

Never get these posts. Many many people have boys AND girls.

Especially in a case like this where there's blame to go around for both parties. They both acted recklessly, unfortunately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Do you have a teen son? This is not an “epidemic”. It’s a normal part of boys growing up. They can be reckless and thoughtless. My own son is a sweetheart but can be incredibly bone headed sometimes, much more so than his sister. We aren’t going to be able to “fix” this. All we can do is try to provide rules to structure their opportunities for destruction and guide them best we can. But even the best parenting is going to continue to lead to these types of events. It is just human development we are dealing with.

[Anonymous]

I'm so glad our school system has made senior assassin illegal and warned that anyone playing or caught playing cannot walk at graduation.

I saw a video last night of an upset mom who had a HS kid show up at the funeral of their family member twice trying to "kill" her kid. AT A FUNERAL!

[Anonymous]

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

Boy moms are the WORST!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm so glad our school system has made senior assassin illegal and warned that anyone playing or caught playing cannot walk at graduation.

I saw a video last night of an upset mom who had a HS kid show up at the funeral of their family member twice trying to "kill" her kid. AT A FUNERAL!

Another good reason to get rid of this game. Jesus, just have a normal paintball tournament.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, this has been happening for the last several millennia.

Boys are idiots. We lost three while I was in HS-- one hunting accident, one motorcycle accident, and one "hey guys watch me jump into this quarry from 40 feet up"

Lazy parenting answer. DO BETTER.

Shame on you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your comments are in really bad taste, OP.

Agree. This is so sad but no reason to get judgmental.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A kid in my high school in the 1990s fell off the back of a pickup truck.

Is he ok?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The boy’s parents are upset because he hopped on the back of his target’s car while it was parked in a driveway, but the girl who was his target reversed out of the driveway and drove for 5 minutes with him clinging to the car. They said she was driving so fast, he couldn’t just jump off. When she hit a bump, he flew off. EMTs responded to the 911 call about an unconscious person. The police weren’t even aware that he’d fallen off a car until his parents contacted them. They’re investigating now. The parents feel that this wasn’t merely an accident.

https://nypost.com/2025/05/08/us-news/texas-teen-isaac-leal-on-life-support-after-playing-senior-assassin-just-weeks-before-graduation/

I can’t tell if she even knew he was there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A kid in my high school in the 1990s fell off the back of a pickup truck.

Is he ok?

I'm not that poster but someone I knew in school died riding in the back of a pickup.

[Anonymous]

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?

If she deliberately drove at high speed knowing it was a game, aka not real self defense, that would be manslaughter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A kid in my high school in the 1990s fell off the back of a pickup truck.

Is he ok?

I'm not that poster but someone I knew in school died riding in the back of a pickup.

I’m so sorry. I see a lot of that where I live and it makes me so nervous for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

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

Seriously. Did you miss that the girl was driving?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Thrill seekers in a day and age where much of the day is spent nearly motionless in front of screens.