Um yes, bad parents. These kids were supposedly out all night. I was never allowed to stay out all night when I was 14, 15, 16, 17... I had a thing called a curfew.
I also did this thing where I actually called my mother or father when I was going to be late. Not a bad thing to do you know? And if I ever slacked on that, my parents would be calling around looking for me...
If these parents were GOOD parents, in the age of cellphones and texting and whatnot, all of these kids would be accounted for... What this stupid article fails to tell is what these kids were out doing and my guess is that nobody knows (perhaps except for the two who survived). And what are good kids of good, responsible parents doing ripping off cars that don’t belong to them...?
Sorry, but I am checking off the bad parents box for this story.
Ummm....there is permission and curfews AND then there is ignoring said permissions and curfews. Kids do crazy things, they sneak out, they “borrow” vehicles not their own, they rebel.
It’s great that you were a perfect kid, but some are not.
BTW, I was NOT one to ignore authority, but knew some that did. Sometimes the home life NEEDS to be escaped from.