What is this shit with teens killing for entertainment?

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11. What's with violent, "bored" teens?

Absent parents, disinterested parents, irresponsible parents, ineffective parents... who never taught their children that they can't always get their own way, that they aren't "perfect" but should strive to be "better", that boredom is relieved by imagination and creativity, that this isn't the wild west... etc. etc. etc. Yeah, there's always going to be a "bad seed" sort now and again, but well-adjusted kids don't raise themselves. In these cases, though, I'd venture to say that's exactly what happened.