Quote Originally Posted by DetroitTeacher View Post
My question is, "why is a 12 year-old out after midnight?" At age 12, I had to be home by 8pm and my parents had to know where I was, at all times. If I were anywhere other than my street, I had to have an escort home [[either friends' parents or my parents walked me home). If I were caught out after midnight, it would have been a slow death for me at the hands of my parents.
Though the 12 year old did a unforgivable act, I am angry at the parents of this child. I know people would want to dump on this boy but his parents deserve all the rage. I would like to know why is it that this boy felt so comfortable to roam the street after 9PM? Since sunset is a little bit before 9, this child had no reason to be outside. He should have been in for the night but his parents thought that he was mature enough to take care of himself on the mean streets of Detroit.

Look at the little girl who got shot in the head recently. She was shot because bullets have no names but also because she was out at night when she should have been at home. When will these parents get it that their children are not their friends? There has to be rules or we will hear more stories of kids either getting shot or the ones doing the shootings.