Did the parents approve the purchase? Did they drive him to the store? Did they watch him walk out the door with them on?
So parents who approve buying something others might want to steal are to blame? NOT the parents who approve their genetic trash STEALING what someone bought? Using that thinking you’d better not buy or own jewelry or cars or anything criminals might want. Thugs like these think PAYING for anything is stupid when you can TAKE it and enjoy brutalizing a victim.
I don’t know the parents and the article didn’t say
When I was a teenager I bought my own clothes without parental help or supervision