Feminists

Oh sure, this story will cause a few to be cautious & thoughtful about their actions in this internet-embedded world.
Just like a few kids saw those "This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?" commercials & steered clear of drug abuse.
Just like a few kids saw drunk driving accidents & steered clear of drinking & driving.
Just like a few kids saw teen mothers in school & steered clear of getting pregnant too early.
Just like a few kids were taught about safe sex & made sure to use condoms if they had sex.

But MOST kids DON'T think like that.
Just like most ADULTS don't think like that.
Human nature tends to go in the direction of "Well that's him/her. I won't end up like him/her".

Our whole thing about politics in this Democratic Undeground forum is people never realizing the consequences of their voting actions until they THEMSELVES are faced with it PERSONALLY.
A hardcore Republican always putting down people on welfare, never seeing the need for national health care, all of sudden getting sick, losing their job while sick, depleting their rainy day fund, & forced to go on welfare to survive NOW sees why people on welfare aren't automatically bad people & why there needs to be a national health care system.
None of this registered until it happened to THEM personally.

Kids are just mini adults. Adults in training.
And these SAME mentalities lurks in the minds of these kids.
ESPECIALLY with that hormone rush that makes them think they're invincible & can do anything.

Yeah a few kids will become more cautious after seeing something like this.
I had people in my own family who smoke & drank, who fell into drug abuse & I vowed as a child never to smoke, drink, get into drugs because I saw what it did to my family members. I learned from their example.

I hated cigarettes because I saw ugly cigarette burns on the edges of blankets, because I saw family members try to laugh but couldn't get through it since they were choked up with smoke (I like to laugh).
Plus it was a drain on your personal budget buying them cigarettes everyday.
I hated alcohol because it made you lose control of yourself, it tasted like crap, smelled like crap, made you act like crap.
I hated other drugs because of the method of introduction (snorting through nose, needle through arm) & how extreme the aftereffects were. I didn't like to lose control of myself like that.

I damn sure didn't want to be a teen father for many reasons & I didn't want to catch STD's through irresponsible sex.
And I also didn't want to follow some of my family members' penchant for getting jailed or imprisoned.
I made SURE not to be wild out there in the streets fighting & carrying on because I didn't want to follow bad examples.

So I learned from their mistakes. But did some of my other family members my age & younger?
No. I got cousins locked up right now as we speak. Other cousins dead from those games in the streets.

Everybody doesn't learn from the mistakes of others.
I would say MOST people don't learn from the mistakes of others without going through the same mistakes first.
If they did, humanity wouldn't continue to wage ignorant wars with each other.
People would look back at history & say I don't want to follow the same path.

This girl did what a lot of girls do at that age.
They're exploring their sexuality as puberty takes root & seeing what they can do.
It's no reason to treat her like she was treated.
The other girls were jealous of her & did that Mean Girls crap to ruin her reputation.
But now it's not localized because the World Wide Web of today connects & transmits EVERYTHING to EVERYONE EVERYWHERE.

So it follows you & kids keep up that predictable high school cliquish behavior.
This girl was dependent on the views & opinions of her peers & that's why she got affected by all of this.
The best answer is not to futilely try to block your kids from this world (that never worked).
The answer is to teach them to deal with that type of behavior & be mentally strong enough to be an outcast so they can persevere.

I told myself as a teen that I wouldn't lose touch with my life as a child when I got to be an adult.
To act like how most parents act with their children forgetting how those same parents acted when THEY were children.
Trying to overshelter them & act hypocritical to the kid when the parents did or do the same thing.
When kids get to double digits they find out about stuff one way or another. You can't keep it from them.
They're too smart for that. They're just not smart enough to understand consequences.

"You can't go to Johnny's house! I want you back here by 8PM!"
The kid finds a way to go to Johnny's house behind your back & tries to sneak in at home after 8PM has long past.
Her friends try to cover for her saying she was at their house & the power went out so they lost track of time.
Story as old as time.

As always, warnings only stop a few. Humans love the forbidden fruit.
John Lucas