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re: Missing Florida boys' boat found capsized
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:19 pm to fr33manator
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:19 pm to fr33manator
I wouldn't have let my 14 year olds operate a motorized boat alone out in an area like this. Don't think that makes me a helicopter parent.
I don't see why you can't at least partially blame this on parenting.
I don't see why you can't at least partially blame this on parenting.
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:19 pm to fr33manator
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I feel sorry for some of you who never knew a little danger and had helicopter parents.
Did mommy need to hold your wittle weenie when you made pee pee too?
That's quite a conclusion to jump to from me saying 14 year olds shouldn't be fishing offshore by themselves. The ocean is too unpredictable for a lot of adults. There's plenty of in shore water in Florida.
Did your dad get cheated on by your mommy as well?
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:20 pm to C
In fairness, the parents were under the belief they were within the river. Not trying to get to the Bahamas in a 19' boat.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:20 pm to yellowfin
Did mommy need to hold your wittle weenie when you made pee pee too?
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:24 pm to Festus
she couldn't get your's to let go of it
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:25 pm to Festus
It's Murphy's Law when on the water. I've seen all sorts of crazy shite.
Even if the kids were supposed to be in the river, operation of a 19' boat is a little risky. Is that even legal?
Maybe a batteau with a 20 hp.
Even if the kids were supposed to be in the river, operation of a 19' boat is a little risky. Is that even legal?
Maybe a batteau with a 20 hp.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:28 pm to lsufan112001
so these kids were supposed to be fishing in a river close to home and they decided to go to the Bahamas?
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:31 pm to Festus
I'm assuming this isn't the first time the boys took the boat out. Or did something like this. Maybe I'm wrong but this probably wasn't the first time. And really, what teenager hasn't told his parents one thing and then went and done another.
I'm not suggesting that any sort of supervision is bad, or that it couldn't have been handled Better, but for people to automatically say "bad parenting" is stupid.
I guess the parents in "stand by me" should have been ran out of town on a rail too?
I'm not suggesting that any sort of supervision is bad, or that it couldn't have been handled Better, but for people to automatically say "bad parenting" is stupid.
I guess the parents in "stand by me" should have been ran out of town on a rail too?
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:32 pm to lsufan112001
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Even if the kids were supposed to be in the river, operation of a 19' boat is a little risky. Is that even legal?
Not sure. But that's where parenting might have come into play.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:32 pm to fr33manator
Idk free. 8th graders are pretty dumb.
There is a reason they can't get a license.
There is a reason they can't get a license.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:35 pm to fr33manator
quote:
I guess the parents in "stand by me" should have been ran out of town on a rail too?
If they would have given their kids the keys to their motorized boat and sent them out to the Gulf, at 14 years old, and they ended up dead?
Yeah...
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:36 pm to lsufan112001
Every state has different laws on operating a boat, I'm not familiar with Florida's
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:38 pm to Sir Drinksalot
Is 14 8th grade? I'm thinking freshmen in high school.
and that they've done it before.
I mean, think about it. Is it more likely that they went to their parents, said "gee pop, I know we've never been out on a boat before but by golly we'd like to see what it's all about!" And he said "whatever, i'm reading GatorDroppings. Go ask your mother."
Or
That they'd been out on the boat supervised for a long time and had taken the boat out before without incident?
and that they've done it before.
I mean, think about it. Is it more likely that they went to their parents, said "gee pop, I know we've never been out on a boat before but by golly we'd like to see what it's all about!" And he said "whatever, i'm reading GatorDroppings. Go ask your mother."
Or
That they'd been out on the boat supervised for a long time and had taken the boat out before without incident?
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:39 pm to Festus
They weren't supposed to be in the gulf. I'm sure if they'd have unveiled their actual plan they would have gotten slapped for being stupid.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:41 pm to fr33manator
Yep 8th grade.
I guess it doesn't matter what we think. The parents will likely be living with insurmountable regret the rest of their lives.
They can't drive to the launch...wonder how they got in the river? House launch?
I guess it doesn't matter what we think. The parents will likely be living with insurmountable regret the rest of their lives.
They can't drive to the launch...wonder how they got in the river? House launch?
This post was edited on 7/26/15 at 5:42 pm
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:42 pm to The Boat
Well,
which is it...
or
which is it...
quote:
70 miles off the coast
or
quote:?
at Ponce de Leon inlet
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:42 pm to fr33manator
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I'm sure if they'd have unveiled their actual plan they would have gotten slapped for being stupid.
The only thing I'm sure of is you sure do assume a lot of things in your posts. And are sure of a lot of things that it would be impossible for you to be sure of unless you personally know the family.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:42 pm to Sir Drinksalot
Oh I know. Nothing that can be said to them will ever hurt as much as knowing their sons are dead and they could have stopped it somehow.
But that doesn't make every parent who lets a teenager adventure a bad parent.
But that doesn't make every parent who lets a teenager adventure a bad parent.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:43 pm to fr33manator
The dad was interviewed earlier today and said that let this be a lesson to those around his son's age who are boating that they should always stick to the plan laid out and approved by their parents.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:44 pm to C
quote:
Our kids are not meant to be treated like fragile egg shells. Let them live. Their time on earth is short either way.
look who doesn't have kids
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