Wednesday, August 8, 2012

And So It Begins

Last night in Dallas, Texas, two teenage girls were shot in separate incidents.  While the details on one of the shootings are not as available, one is all over the news, and all too common.  What started as a 14 year old girl arguing on Facebook, lead to an early morning argument and drive-by shooting.  And by early morning, I mean 1:30am.  The details of the story can be read here

While I am not one to judge the actions of this girl nor her parents, I am going to point out one major issue I have with the parent, as I usually do. 
"Johnson told News 8 the fight escalated when her daughter's friends showed up in the front yard and got into a physical fight with her daughter at about 1:45 a.m."
Regardless of what is going on, as a parent do you allow your 14 year old child to go outside to confront these people at 1:45am?  What good could possibly have come of it?  As a parent it is your responsibility to protect your child, not send them out to fend for themselves. 

School starts in Dallas in about 3 weeks.  As summer winds down and the pressures of "back to school" crank up, there are bound to be several incidents similar to this. Hopefully they do not lead to gun play. 

The question to ask for any parents out there is...what are your kids involved in today that will affect them when school starts in 3 weeks? What online arguments are they involved in now that they will have to face when they see these people in person? 

(sidenote - I've been gone from here a while, the posts will resume if anyone cares lol)