There’s nothing wrong with parents giving their kids some distance, to teach them independence. But THAT is not THIS:
A couple in Florida is facing charges, after they left their 16-year-old son by himself on the side of the interstate, and told him to fend for himself. They only left him with some cash, and a “bag of handguns.” (???)
It sounds like a sad story. The teen got home from school, and walked the dog. He came back to his parents frantically packing, saying that they were going on a trip, “either to Guam or Idaho.” (Of course, Guam is NOT drivable from Florida.)
A little while into the drive, they kicked the boy out of the car with the cash and guns. When the police found him, they took him home, where the front door and garage door were left wide open, but no one was home.
The couple was later found at another address in Florida, and they were charged with child neglect and allowing a juvenile to possess a firearm.
It sure sounds like they could’ve been running away from something, or involved in something bad, but there’s no word what that may be.
The teen boy also has an eight-year-old sibling who was also in the car for the “trip,” but wasn’t kicked out, so it sounds like they were still with the parents when they were located.
(Fox 19)
