Is this the future?

[MAC]

Originally Posted by Swimmer

His parents made him what he is or allowed him to become what he is without interference from them. They should do time also.

I agree totally. Too many parents these days let their kids get away with whatever they like. Discipline is out the window. (1 set of parents allowing such behavior is too many) Now I do believe most parents do their best and it is usually more than enough. But that "1 bad apple spoils the bunch " analogy draws the most attention.

I witnessed my neighbors daughter threaten to "call the cops" if she was hit by her mother. Spankings and such were a part of 90% of the people on this board when they were little I'd bet. Now with the evolvance if Political Correctness over the last 6 or 8 years we, as a country, are now spineless.

If a teacher or an adult gave you a "swat" for doing something stupid you wouldn't dare run home and tell your parents. That would garner another "swat". Things sure have changed a lot in the last 35 or 40 years.

Sorry to get side tracked. I think the kid should have to a little time in DYS. Maybe that would straighten him out a little. 3 months in a locked facility can do wonders.

[Biteme]

My son is 13 and my daughter is 10. last year I bought him a go-cart. He hooked a yard tractor to the back and started a landscaping buisness. He loades up my mower, weed wacker, and leaf blower and drives to his accounts ( I live in a very quite neighborhood). My daughter made a web page and buisness cards for him, now he has several accounts and the phone rings daily. He even has a few of the neighbohood kids working for him. It's so important that the parents are involved. It's to bad that unless this kid straightens up he has nothing to look foward to.

[BxBomber]

Personally, I have to applaud the witnesses' restraint, because I would have handled it differently.

[Bass Babe]

Wow, that's gross. Seriously messed up kid. Do I have to be afraid of kids now? They're already yucky little germ factories, and I had that in check, but hand sanitizer won't keep you on dry land if they decide to get all crazy.

[Joe]

The old bastids ain't exactly clean either.
They did a study on how many old people on cruise ships wash their hands after going to the bathroom and heading over to buffet table....only 4 out of ten. That's why the Norwalk Virus spreads so quick on cruise ships: lots of poopy fingers on the salad tongs.