I cite 3 stories… one local, 2 non.
(Ok, I know it’s not “teenagers” as a whole, but these 3 stories involving teens caught my attention today.)
Teens Allegedly Steal, Crash Land Plane
BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. - Two 14-year-old boys escaped with minor injuries after crash-landing a small plane that authorities say they stole from an airport hangar. The single-engine Mooney M20C belonged to one of the boys’ parents, and the pair was trying to run away from their homes, said Cindy Beavers, spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. … The plane ditched in Joshua Tree National Park between 5:30 and 6 p.m. The boys suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene by rangers, according to park officials. Officials said they didn’t know why the plane went down but speculated it ran out of gas. [full story]
Teens play “football” with puppy. Puppy dies.
In this photo provided by the Edgewater Police Department, a 3-week-old Pekingese puppy is shown Friday, Feb. 24, 2006, at the Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital in Edgewater, Colo. The puppy that two teenagers allegedly were using as a football died Saturday morning, Feb. 25, 2006, according to Jamie Petsitis, a spokeswoman at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital. Police operations Cmdr. Mike Marchese said the teens could face a felony charge of animal abuse. (AP Photo/Edgewater Police Department, Mike Marchese)
Turns out this was false. But the puppy still died 
…and finally a story about a 12 year-old… which is basically a teenager, right?
Boy, 12, Sticks Gum on $1.5M Painting
DETROIT - A 12-year-old visitor to the Detroit Institute of Arts stuck a wad of gum to a $1.5 million painting, leaving a stain the size of a quarter, officials say. The boy was part of a school group from Holly that visited the museum on Friday, officials say. They say he took a piece of Wrigley’s Extra Polar Ice gum out of his mouth and stuck it on Helen Frankenthaler’s “The Bay,” an abstract painting from 1963. The museum acquired the work in 1965 and says it is worth about $1.5 million. The gum stuck to the painting’s lower left corner and did not adhere to the fiber of the canvas, officials told the Detroit Free Press. But it left a chemical residue about the size of a quarter, said Becky Hart, assistant curator of contemporary art. [full story]
Wow. Maybe it’s because I’m pregnant, but the puppy story made my tummy do a flip. There are some bad seeds out there for sure. Hope those kids get what they deserve.
-H
ok, the puppy one? makes me want to cut off their hands or break their kneecaps. fuck, dude.
They’re all hormones and no brains, and the parents aren’t watching them 24/7 like they should.
It sounds like a lack of parent monitoring for these children. Not all teens are like this because they come from homes with rules and limits. Of course I hope the police realize that animal mistreatment is one of the predictors of future abuse- domestic and child abuse.
Argh.
It’s not just today. Teens were always fucked up. It’s part of the job description. They just get more publicity today in the world of web news and 24 hour news stations. This encourages other fucked up teens to try even more fucked up stuff.
i agree that this is due to bad or non-existing parental supervision. the parents should be punished along with the kids. perhaps they should be sterilized, so they can no longer have any more kids and make sure that they cannot adopt or become foster parents.
I feel like that stuff is worse than the stuff I did as a teenager. (like, driving too fast or not leaving enough tip because I had no money.) Who would use a puppy as a football?!?
Sounds like a case of spoiled rotten brats that need someone to show them what it’s like to be treated like a football. Assholes.
And, since they are “teens” they will just get a slap on the wrist and sent home to families that just don’t care. Then they will do it again (or something worse) so they get more attention.
Folks - This was a false report. The puppy died of a horrible accident. Here is the corrected news story: http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=af24e1d6-0abe-421a-01b2-1c5e2b664677&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf
- Edgewater, CO Resident