   Whats wrong with kids today?
  Is it really too much violence on TV, lack of parenting, or a combination thereof?Two days ago in a middle school thats in an upper middle class neigborhood where my youngest sister goes to school as well there was a murder of a 14 year old boy in the bathroom by another 14 year old student that was apparently his friend. The kid brought a knife to school and slit his throat in the bathroom. Absolutely unbelievable! Its truly alarming considering the age of these kids. The poor kid that got killed was a straight A student that got picked on alot in school, but was a smart law-abiding kid. A shame to lose a human with so much potential from the world.This is more of a rant than anything; it pisses me off. The kid might be tried as an adult in the state of Florida. The kid did wrong and will pay dearly for the rest of his life, but somehow I hope his parents get some backlash from the law as well. Shitty parents are pumping shitty kids into the world with apparently no respect or no concept of human life or property.EDIT: This is the latest news article on the story article[edited by - nervo on February 5, 2004 9:41:32 PM]
  Blame the parents.   "The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war." -- James Madison--Father of the Constitution ;quote:Original post by Nervo  Two days ago in a middle school thats in an upper middle class neigborhood where my youngest sister goes to school as well there was a murder of a 14 year old boy in the bathroom by another 14 year old student that was apparently his friend. The kid brought a knife to school and slit his throat in the bathroom. ...wow. Just wow. ;  When I was a kid, I was afraid of guns and knives.  ;quote:Original post by Mscgamer  Blame the parents.   "The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war." -- James Madison--Father of the Constitution   yes, that was what I was alluding to. But just as well, I think that there are too many whining babied up kids today that feel sorry themselves. Just listening to the lyrics in so many rock songs today shows excessive whining. ;  Middle class neighborhood? That''s pretty crazy. Blame the kid more than anything else, mind as well put an end to him too. ;quote:Original post by PoLiSh_Peta  Middle class neighborhood? That''s pretty crazy. Blame the kid more than anything else, mind as well put an end to him too.   It wasn''t just a plain middle class neighborhood either. Homes in that area exceed well over half a million dollars. But thats just the area. There are regular middle class neighborhoods not far away. But I don''t want to compare violence and wealth. ;  omfg. Thats fucking horrible. Its gotta be all the parents fault that this happend. I also notice that my youngest brother, 13 years or age is just... unbelievable, no he hasnt killed anyone or anything, but he is 13 and NEVER cleans up his messes, like smal shit putting away the cerial box when done with the cerial, clearing his dishes from the table after dinner, and small stuff like that. All my other brothers do this, i doont know what his problem is.    ______________________________________________________________"It takes all kinds."   -Adam CarollaMy Site;quote:Original post by mink_trapper  but he is 13 and NEVER cleans up his messes, like smal shit putting away the cerial box when done with the cerial, clearing his dishes from the table after dinner, and small stuff like that. All my other brothers do this, i doont know what his problem is.    Oddly enough, I don''t see even the remotest connection to a 14 year old slitting another''s throat in the school bathroom... ;  Notice something?Back in the day (when I was growing up) my parents spanked me, sent me to my room, took things away from me - what do kids get these days? Nothing! Time outs! "Grounded!" I hardly was aloud to go anywhere as it was!Bah, ok...So I''m only turning 18.But from where I come from, things like this just don''t happen.Notice something?As time progressed the less parents kept on laying down the law with a good ol'' crack in the ass or the occassional ass whooping (if the kid did something REALLY bad), the worse kids got.Parents are what is wrong with kids.   