<p>who knows why teens make the decisions they do
on another thread we have young men who were much older who apparently were involved even tangentially with a gang rape- what was going through * their* heads?</p>
<p>as someone who was a “misfit” in high school, I can understand the appeal of a “scene” that accepts everyone- even someone who stuck out as Kyle Huff did.
When you find a place where you are accepted, and you are having fun-I see lots of people making the decision to stay * just a little bit longer*</p>
<p>I have friends who are strictly middle “upper middle” class, their kids are very smart- mature kids- still they have done things like call a cab to take them to a party, when the parent hosting the sleepover- thought they were indeed * asleep*</p>
<p>I know it would “surprise” you, 
but I have done some very, very dumb things when I was a teen- It is really amazing that I am still alive to tell the tale.</p>
<p>And isn’t it interesting that I have discussions all the time with people who say parents nowdays over protect their kids- give them rides, control their comings and goings to the point that they know where they are every second- but as soon as something happens its “where were their parents?”</p>