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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Parents today are too obsessed with good grades and getting into the right college. But look at the reality. Parents should spend more time worrying if they are sending their kids off to a school with lots of binge drinking and hooking up. Teenage and college students do not seem to respect each other anymore.[b] It is all about getting the best grades and the into the best school to get the best job.[/b][/quote]

Parents need to set the tone. When a child's life revolves around getting better test scores and course grades than everyone else, morals take a far distant second place. Rearing a child of good moral character is far more admirable than turning that child into the class valedictorian. 
Making excuses for a teen's bad behavior and poor choices does them no favors in the long run: it only teaches them that they can do what they want with no consequences.[/quote]

T[b]here are lots of great things taking place every day at schools like McLean and Langley.  They don't get as much attention, of course, as they don't give others the same opportunity to engage in moral grandstanding[/b].  Here's one:

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2014/apr/30/all-night-long-relay-life/

[b]But, hope your exercise in pontification made you feel better.[/b] [/quote]

The main discussion in this thread is about morality and the lack of it.    Obviously, there are some grossly inappropriate things going on at McLean by the students.  Pontification, no.  Controversy and discussion, yes.  [/quote]

Yes, I know lots of teens who are doing wonderful things, but this thread is about kids who have allegedly done some not-so-wonderful things. Too many adults are willing to excuse the bad behavior of teens and blame others. I'm the parent of both boys and girls and I teach them all to take responsibility for themselves. My sons and daughters know that their choices are their own and they cannot blame those choices on the behavior of others. Even if these boys had at least 52 different girls voluntarily sending them pictures, it is the boys being investigated who allegedly made the decision to organize the pictures into one site and send out links so others could view them. People have stated that the girls took these pictures themselves, but no one has been able to link to a source for this information, so it appears to be a mere assumption. There have been a number of other cases in the past few years that have involved involuntarily taken pictures, so it is better at this point not to assume either way.
A kid who makes a stupid or bad choice will be a better person in the long run if he is held accountable for the consequences of that bad action. Being allowed off the hook by putting the blame on others will send a completely wrong message.
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