Look for the "Word Crimes" video by Wierd Al on Youtube.
It's worth three minutes of your time. I literally (not figuratively) Laughed out Loud.
It doesn’t appear that some people have read a dictionary in quite some time. The usage of literally that he uses is correct. Another definition of literally now includes it’s use as ‘virtually’.
In any event, kid does dumb thing. Kids have always done dumb things. When I was younger, most of my peers were lighting dead plant matter on fire and inhaling it, and continue to do so despite it leading to cancer and death.