I’ve heard it a million times. When a kid does something so stupid and asinine that you can’t imagine how they could possibly survive to reach adulthood, someone will start making excuses, like “kids will be kids.” Or one of a million other excuses that is meant to let them off the hook with little to no responsibility for their actions.

Let’s forget for a minute that it’s quite possibly the lamest excuse on the face of the earth. If I had pulled some of the stupid stunts that have been making the news recently, I’m pretty sure my parents wouldn’t have let me off the hook with a shrug and a lame excuse. Instead maybe we should look at some of the kids we’re turning out in this country as a result of our indifferent attitude toward their behavior.