OK. So, you agree that there is some calculated manipulation going on here, but, it's on the part of the kids, not the parents. Could be.
Oh yeah, calculated manipulation is common. I've worked for lawyers and I've seen it many times. Most recently, I've done work on a case where a 17-year-old accepted $200 for sex from a 43-year-old, and then said "Now give me $5,000 or I call the cops." He didn't, she called the cops, and he got decades in prison.
Want a more public example you can actually look up? Consider the girl who ended Anthony Weiner's career. She was a 16 year old Republican who told all her friends she was gonna ruin his career by getting a dick pic from him. Then she slid into his DMs, flirted with him, got that dick pic, and sent it to the media.
Hematomato |5 pointswritten 2 months ago ago
Nah. Parents who are attentive to their kids encourage them to work hard and succeed. Parents who are inattentive to their kids let their kids develop ideas like that on their own.
Never underestimate how crafty and manipulative a 16-17 year old can be. There are many examples of them weaponizing sex, knowing that because of their age, all of the consequences will fall on someone else.