In a perfect world all 19 year olds would be little angels. Fact is after one year of college these kids still haven’t gotten the real world out of their systems and they long for it after the reality of what boring and hard work a mission is. Their pent up sexual drive is beaten down by old men constantly calling them to repentance and their dark side of deviousness comes forth in many ways. All of this under the fake image of perfection.
It is surprising that more of this doesn’t happen.
If they have never been taught that actions have consequences ... if every time they smashed up something that did not belong to them, or made fun of the teacher, or kicked the cat next door, Mommy or Daddy or their lawyer rushed over to jump between them and conseqences, then at the age of 19 they will still believe that no matter what they do, someone else will bail them out of ir.
Or, they could have parents who are simply idiots, as the father in my Orlando hotel on Monday morning who, when asked to please quiet his 3 year old who was shrieking and flailing, went over and slapped her with a rolled up magazine and instructed her to “cry louder!” and told me to go away.