Texting Teen Falls Into Sewer (but the parents are sueing!)

[dmccarty]

You are not alone. I do not text either.

My sister just walked into a store window at the mall the other day while texting, knocked over a mannequin and everything.

PLEASE tell me there is a video on UTube!

Later,
Dan

 

[postage stamp]

Even the dumbest human knows to stay away from a lion.

But apparently they don't know to watch out for gaping holes in the ground in front of them.

 

[Brer_roadrunner]

Well technically we are animals, but we are a much higher level.
Even the dumbest human knows to stay away from a lion.

I think you think too highly of our species... Doesn't someone every year seem to get the snot knocked out of them at a zoo for standing a little too close to the cage to get a better picture?

 

[FireDancer]

Just wondering what you think of people with mental disability should we let the lions get them too? If a small child sudently darts off from a parent (Or whoever is watching them) should we not try to stop them from Geting hit by a car because its nature?

Now you are talking about very different situations and we should be able to look at all the different situations on their own. We are neither talking about someone mentally incompetent nor extremely young, we are talking about someone both old enough to know better and of normal mental ability (going by the lack of contrary information in the article). Someone who is cognitively normal and an adolescent has a different level of responsibility to both themselves and the world around them then a disabled or very young person.

If the person who fell into the well was not mentally competent enough to own a cellular phone and use it safely (like know not to walk and text without looking) then it is the responsibility of the person in charge of their safety to make sure they don't do it, which probably means no cell phone.

At the same time someone who is in charge of a 3 year old knows they have to protect them from certain things that someone in charge of a normal 15 year old should not. If a 15 year old runs out into the street and gets killed by a car it would be unfortunate but it would also be a result of their own stupidity and not the fault of the person in charge of them.

Different situations are just that, different, and different things are expected of the principles involved. What I am talking about is someone old enough to know what they are doing is stupid and dangerous and then when that stupid or dangerous thing results in injury or death they (or their family) try to shift the blame onto someone else via the legal system.

 

[sjsjbrook]

This totally made me giggle...... I can just picture it. teehhee.


I am not being mean spirited, but I have a texting teen that tells me all the time that she can text and walk (though I am fairly certain the cause of her major bycycle accident was that she was texting), I am definately showing her this tonight.

Did I mention she also has tennis elbow from texting too much. Sad but true.

 

[catycatcat4]

Now you are talking about very different situations and we should be able to look at all the different situations on their own. We are neither talking about someone mentally incompetent nor extremely young, we are talking about someone both old enough to know better and of normal mental ability (going by the lack of contrary information in the article). Someone who is cognitively normal and an adolescent has a different level of responsibility to both themselves and the world around them then a disabled or very young person.

If the person who fell into the well was not mentally competent enough to own a cellular phone and use it safely (like know not to walk and text without looking) then it is the responsibility of the person in charge of their safety to make sure they don't do it, which probably means no cell phone.

At the same time someone who is in charge of a 3 year old knows they have to protect them from certain things that someone in charge of a normal 15 year old should not. If a 15 year old runs out into the street and gets killed by a car it would be unfortunate but it would also be a result of their own stupidity and not the fault of the person in charge of them.

Different situations are just that, different, and different things are expected of the principles involved. What I am talking about is someone old enough to know what they are doing is stupid and dangerous and then when that stupid or dangerous thing results in injury or death they (or their family) try to shift the blame onto someone else via the legal system.

I didn't say that they should sue

Back to my original point YOU said that we did to much to protect the stupid but in this case it is an age thing not a stupidity thing and it was. In teenagers the part of the brain that controls judgment, Frontal/prefrontal cortex (HA! i didn't have to look up the name) is still developing

It now appears the brain continues to change into the early 20's with the frontal lobes, responsible for reasoning and problem solving, developing last.

The article i got those from said in calm stress free situations that teens can think like adults.
But if you think about it teens are stressed most of the time!

Another good one

Eventually, brain studies might help resolve conflicts at home. Teenagers are capable of learning a lot, but the parts of their brains related to emotions and decision-making are still in the works. As their brains undergo rewiring, teenagers are particularly vulnerable to risky behavior, such as drinking and driving too fast.

http://www.edinformatics.com/news/teenage_brains.htm
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101040510/brain/

 

[catycatcat4]

This totally made me giggle...... I can just picture it. teehhee.


I am not being mean spirited, but I have a texting teen that tells me all the time that she can text and walk (though I am fairly certain the cause of her major bycycle accident was that she was texting), I am definately showing her this tonight.

Did I mention she also has tennis elbow from texting too much. Sad but true.

ITs impossible to text and walk only place i can text and walk is in my own room because i know it well.

 

[solfan68]

Here's your sign.

 

[jcb]

My impression is that at least "17%" of males (of any age) would walk into a wall, stumble over a curb (mea culpa) or fall into a sewer if an attractive female (or male, just depends) walked by.

 

[FireDancer]

Back to my original point YOU said that we did to much to protect the stupid but in this case it is an age thing not a stupidity thing and it was.

It is a combination of the two IMO. What I consider stupid at one age I may consider normal at another. It is stupid for a 15 year old to run into the street without looking, it is not stupid for a 2 year old to do the same. It is stupid for anyone who is old enough to be trusted with a cellular phone to walk into anything while they are texting.

As for the brain development I have read about it before. In the examples I have seen they are talking about actual high stress situations, like choosing the fastest route out of a burning building they are trapped in. Not the mundane decision of should I stop before letting my fingers do the walking.

It just is what it is and we can agree to disagree. It is merely my opinion, nothing more.

 

[Golf4food]

As my FIL was told as a child and has passed along to his: "If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough."