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I know this is an exaggeration, but Rye teens are nuts! First, a teen ran away and was found days later. Then there was the horrible hazing story, which has supposedly been going on for awhile. Then another teen was lost or ran away, but was found within a couple of hours. And now a 14-year-old is responsible for this hoax that involved 30 police officers responding to a home invasion 911 call.
Seriously?? What is going on here? I know people usually list Rye among the best schools in Westchester, but I'm not sure I would want my child going to school with these kids...
Lol, I was thinking the same thing just based on the two recent runaways. And, you forgot the building super in Rye that was caught on a nanny Cam having...ahem...relations with a family's dog recently.
Growing up with wealthy parents, coupled with the fact that they know they can get away with anything because the police in town can't do squat against these lawyer-toting parents makes for a bad combo. The library in town has been vandalized numerous times by these kids and I don't believe it even makes the local papers.
All these super-affluent towns go through cycles of teen madness. This is a topic that the Urban Dictionary doesn't exaggerate. And, as noted, most of it never hits the papers. too many kids just have too much time, too much money, too-often absent parents, huge houses and an infinite supply of booze or designer drugs of choice. Anybody thinking that thinks they can escape it by passing over Rye in favor of Larchmont, Bronxville, Scarsdale etc. is kidding themselves.
I was kidding...I know it happens here, too. In fact some teens were busted recently for assaulting a guy in a bar in the city and instead of coming down on them locally, some folks went ape screaming at the papers for printing their names as it would hurt their reputation.
Same with the first Rye kid. He escaped from a drug treatment program, and locals were miffed that they mentioned that in the police's search. Um, hello, it was slightly relevant to their search since they ultimately found him in a drug-infested area.
Yeah, I didn't include the super since he's not a teen. I didn't know that first kid was in drug rehab. Wow! But yeah, I agree with everyone. It just seemed like an awful lot all at once!
A lot of this has been happening for years and it's really sad. A member of my family knows a crossing guard by Rye HS and has said that the kids drink alcohol in cars during lunch. A number of years ago a teen in Larchmont Manor hit a kid w/a car and a lot of the neighbors defended the speeding teen and stopped just short of blaming the kid who was around 9 years old.
Scarsdale has had it's problems w/drugs and alcohol at homecoming dances. I hate to admit but when I was at New Rochelle HS a girl from a wealthy north end family was lying in the hallway strung out on acid one day. Mom probably took her to Saks that afternoon. A friend of mine admitted picking out the paint for her new room while on something. Didn't like the paint. The painter came back and repainted after she came down from her trip and picked another color.
There are thousands of these stories out there.
The problem is is that the parents in these type of cases all are very self involved. It's just too much trouble to be a parent when you are involved in 35 committees and go away w/your spouse 3 out of 4 weekends a month. Knowing a number of these type families I can say that it starts when the kids are young. The sense of entitlement is astounding. The child is reprimanded in school and the parents come in and yell at the teacher. The kid from Rye who recently took off goes to school w/my neighbor's nephew. He hates his family and sells drugs at school. They can't control him.
All I know is that if I dared to try any of these stunts as a teen I'd have been severely punished and wouldn't have dared attempt it again. I have my own family and to this day I don't raise my voice to my father!
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