Kids are becoming more stupid.
No just being kids.. You can’t protect them from everything. We did some really dumb stuff in the 50’s and 60’s. If you survive it’s called the learning curve.
This would have been just a local story “back in the day”. It may have gotten a small blurb buried somewhere in the back of the newspapers in other states.
With the advent of the internet, Facebook and even FR, everything is available on a national and international level.
Not complaining. I think that’s mostly a good thing. You just have to remember that there’s a lot more news out there now.