[HOTTIEBOY]

A bunch of kids misbehaving. Never heard of that.
The bus rides in my day were where most kids saw their first nudie picture or puffed a cigarette. Sometimes the girls were worse than the boys. Although there is no excuse for forced sexual act, it seems to me that it takes allot for a boy to force a girl and remove clothing, especially on a school bus with other children. I think the boy would have had a few claw marks on him before he even got to that point.
But I don't have all the info on what happened here, so I can't judge. But I don't think it is a sign of the times.
Getting in trouble and fighting are part of growing up. We shelter too much.

[Sam's Army]

"Getting in trouble and fighting are part of growing up. We shelter too much."

Is a forced sex act (some might call it rape or sexual battery) merely "getting in trouble"? Since we apparently "shelter too much", how much less should we strive to protect kids from predators? 10% less? 50% less?