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Teenagers in Broward County are seriously out of controll
I don't know if this is national news or not (I think the Today Show segment about this, am) but this young teenager girl got beat up by this boy at the bus stop the other day over a text..SHe was beaten so bad that she is in a medical induced coma the family has no health insurace..the kicker of this whole story is that this poor girl didn't even KNOW this boy, he was a boyfriend of her bf and the bf (who is 13) is now an accomplis..the boy has no remorse for what he did..
Earlier this year at the same school (Deerfield beach) a boy was lit on fire by his "friends" because they stole his bike and he told his parents..This boy was burned on 80% of his body..terrible..
Then this am another incident where a boy beat up a girl on bus..
Seriously what is going on..these kids are out of control. And when did it become OK for a "boy to hit a girl??" I don't understand why these kids are hurting each other like this..I don't remember the violence like this when I was a teen ( it wasn't that long ago..) I know the world is different texting, cell phones, internet..all things we didn't really have when I was in high school (cell phones were just getting popular in 99) but is it a lack of parental supervision, school supervison, desensitzation of violence in general. I don't know but it is scary to be a teen now a days..
Here is the link about artical above..https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Beaten-Teen-Girl-Still-in-Coma-88807042.html
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Re: Teenagers in Broward County are seriously out of controll
Ugh, that is just awful. What horrible stories. I work in a high school, and I am amazed by the violence. While there are certainly times when lack of school supervision/follow through is to blame, I am finding that parental supervision (or even just caring) is the biggest factor, at least in my (rural) district. It amazes me that so many of the parents have absolutely no clue where their kids are after school, at night, and on weekends. We have so many cases of students living with the friends, girlfriends, boyfriends, etc. (and their parents not caring because it is just easier for them than disciplining their children). And the drug use is HUGE -- but when we tell parents that we are seeing "signs" of drug use (when we know the child is using but are bound by confidentiality) and encourage them to drug test or at least get involved, they completely deny that their child could be involved in anything like that.
Case in point -- I had to call a parent a few weeks ago because in a counseling session a student told me that he was drinking with friends over the weekend and someone hit him over the head with a beer bottle. I had to break confidentiality because this type of behavior constitutes imminent danger. The mom told me that the student came home with a headache but said that he hit his head during a touch football game. He went to bed at 7 PM that night (um, concussion?). Mom completely denied that he could be using alcohol.