Im personally watching a bad situation with my womans best friends two boys 17 and 19 They were great kids brought up right but spoiled. Both did well in sports and academically. Within the past 8 months they have become pieces of shit right before our eyes. It's heart breaking. The oldest thinks his parents should just keep buying him cars as he destroys them. He's now smoking pot like a chimney, cant hold a job and is a jerk to his siblings. He's no longer speaking to his parents. The youngest got hooked up with a few losers on the football team who are also dealing dope. Now he's selling and doing god knows what. He's becoming violent and moody. Shoved his mom a few weeks ago. The parents gave him an ultimatum of joining the service or moving out. He has failed the drug test for the service once now and is awaiting a retest. We think the oldest will eventually come to his senses but we fear the youngest is going to end up dead either from violence or drugs. If there was two areas where I saw the parents go wrong it was the spoiling of them, They never wanted for anything. Problem is their toys got expensive as teens. Parents could not afford to help them keep up with their friends. The second thing was their home schooling. While I dont know much about it and Im sure theres different more effective approaches I witnessed these boys remain at a very immature social level well in to their teens. Finally when they went to high school their grades were fantastic but they were very susceptible to peer pressure and stupid behavior in a manner that you would expect from much younger kids.
around here they sue the cops for being too rough on the "kids" Theres big controversy with the New Haven police being too hard on underage party goers. Kid swings at a cop, cop tases him and is accused of excessive force. It's quite ugly with the Yalies at the downtown clubs. The kids are NEVER at fault...
Been stuck at the office for two days. The thing knows I have been working on it's replacement which is a few week out. Im miserable but it is gun money. Without these disasters I would have no new guns.. I guess Im really working on another 1911 :laugh: