[Darren McCarty]

Just what do you do with an out of control teenager? Talk nice? Make friends?Tell them how you understand and then the next day they steal from you?? Back in my day, the threat was football, the car, the computer, forced to stay home and not go out, extra work, etc. Everyone's got their favorite things that are important.

[Lazamataz]

Back in my day, the threat was football, the car, the computer, forced to stay home and not go out, extra work, etc. Everyone's got their favorite things that are important.

Back in my day, my mom threatened to not let me hit it with the babysitter, or take away my porn for an hour.

[stevie_d_64]

Most of those things do not work anymore...Kids are way too indoctrinated to the procedures of the legal system, and this kid was inundated from both sides...

Both from a raging hormone situation, and a father who is part of the legal system...Talk about getting pulled nine ways to Sunday...

Nothing excuses the physical abuse, but it is understandable from a certain point of view, IF you know the full story, and in this case none of us do...

You can speculate all you want, but that is not the facts...And we may never learn the full story...Still no excuse for the over the top physical abuse, and whatever and whomever setup the taping of this tells a little about why this may have occurred...

Personally I have a niece who is 13 now, and she has had her run ins with my sister (the mom) and my Brother in Law for the last year or so...It gets ugly and for some reason she (niece) calls her favorite uncle (and aunt) and asks if she can come over for a while...

Well, lets just say I intervene, only to allow things to cool off, then she gets sent home...There is not much sympathy, but the love and understanding is there because the parents need to deal with it more than we should...

Everyone goes through this in varying degrees of severity. so it is nothing new...I just don’t believe it needs to go this far...

Just my opinion...