# You know when parents kick a kid out of the car, start to drive off, then turn back?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 2, 2016, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-when-parents-kick-a-kid-out-of-the-car-start-to-drive-off-then-turn-back/756292 "2016-06-02T08:02:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-when-parents-kick-a-kid-out-of-the-car-start-to-drive-off-then-turn-back/756292/41 "2016-06-05T09:24:04Z")

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Male. Why?

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-when-parents-kick-a-kid-out-of-the-car-start-to-drive-off-then-turn-back/756292/42 "2016-06-05T21:14:58Z")

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> [@Mama\_Zappa](#):
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> Now, the parents definitely should be jailed, but at least they’re not murderers… merely attempted murderers. That’s better… right?

Just going based on Law & Order here, but it’s not like they had the intention for him to die. Depraved indifference? Involuntary manslaughter if he had died?

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**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-when-parents-kick-a-kid-out-of-the-car-start-to-drive-off-then-turn-back/756292/43 "2016-06-05T21:51:28Z")

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He’ll have his revenge. It’s only a matter of time before he kills his parents in their sleep.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-when-parents-kick-a-kid-out-of-the-car-start-to-drive-off-then-turn-back/756292/44 "2016-06-05T23:30:51Z")

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> [@levdrakon](#):
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> He’ll have his revenge. It’s only a matter of time before he kills his parents in their sleep.

Would you blame him? Let’s face it: the type of parents who do this kind of shit might explain his behavior.

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