Kids will be kids

I’ve heard it a million times. When a kid does something so stupid and asinine that you can’t imagine how they could possibly survive to reach adulthood, someone will start making excuses, like “kids will be kids.” Or one of a million other excuses that is meant to let them off the hook with little to no responsibility for their actions.

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Let’s forget for a minute that it’s quite possibly the lamest excuse on the face of the earth. If I had pulled some of the stupid stunts that have been making the news recently, I’m pretty sure my parents wouldn’t have let me off the hook with a shrug and a lame excuse. Instead maybe we should look at some of the kids we’re turning out in this country as a result of our indifferent attitude toward their behavior.

In the news this week, there was a story about a new trend amongst teenage kids. They drive to a fast food restaurant. They order a drink and when the kid in the drive-thru window hands it to them, they yell “fire in the hole” and throw it at the poor employee standing at the window. Meanwhile another kid in the car videotapes the exchange so they could post it on the Internet.

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