Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Robinson is steadily becoming a viral name after the girl stole her brother's car to meet a boy she met online. The young girl drove the car on a 1,000 mile trip to meet the 12-year-old whom she met on Call of Duty: Black Ops on the Xbox360.
Elizabeth Robinson drove from Texas to Kentucky, where police pulled her over in Nashville after her parents tracked her use of debit cards. Interestingly enough, the father didn't drive her straight home, but instead took her to meet that boy, who he had previously barred her from contacting. Her involvement with the young man allegedly got so out-of-hand at one point that he took away her Xbox360. Apparently that's when she chose to steal the car to visit him.
What this teen did was reckless and stupid, but it's amazing that she made it so far without wrecking or attracting the attention of more police. Apparently she isn't that bad of a driver.
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She obviously requires a mental evaluation and unless she receives the associated help she needs without delay, she will, in my opinion, repeat the run away scenario within a short period of time.
It's so sad to see a young person with her whole life ahead of her, make such a foolish error in judgement. I wish her the best.
A 13 year old girl with a crush, who thinks shes "in love", believes everything a boy tells her. It seems to me like this was her 1st "puppy love" experience and probably her 1st boy/girl interaction that involved more than just name calling on the playground.
We have all had our "what was I thinking?" moments when we were kids, even if they weren't quite as extreme.
I know I was probably caught a million times sneaking out of the house to see a boy when I was her age, and all the punishments I suffered still didn't stop me from doing it again and again and again. Then, I remember laying in bed for 3 days, crying my eyes out because it was the end of the world when he broke my little heart. LOL!
I'm just saying we have all been there, done that, well maybe not THAT, but you get where i'm going with this.
you get where i'm going with this.
No, actually I don't.
This child stole a car, stole credit cards and drove over a thousand miles to meet a 12 year old boy whom she had only known via the internet. She was alone and in constant danger for three days. As another member noted, she may have well been duked into meeting with an adult pedophile, she had no way of knowing. That is not something that normal teenagers do, even those believing they are in preceived puppy love affair.
I'm sure that you meant well, but it would seem that you are attempting to maks light of what was an extremely dangerous situation for this young girl. IMO, that is not the proper response from a caring adult in view of the seriousness of the event.
And besides, the things kids are exposed to these days have changed in many ways since Scott was a kid and even since you and I were that age, Amanda. Why else have they started introducing health and sex-ed to children in elementary schools.
yup been there and done that 4 sure huh!
I really wonder why our (girls) hearts had to be such a weakness.. sometimes even causing complete despair and our ultimate downfall. Yet, the risk is always explored and challenged due to the possibilities and unknown.
Somehow, the "what if's" seem to linger so much longer than the hurt felt when things don't work out..