You see it on the news just about every week. Crimes being committed by children. Children that are not even over the age of 10.
What are these crimes?
Theft, assault and more. What would make a kid want to steal and assault another kid? The answer may surprise you.
The answer is....
Basketball shoes.
The price of these shoes can get well over one hundred dollars. Where is a kid going to get that kind of money?
Well, their parents of course. The parents that can afford expensive basketball shoes do not even think twice about buying them. What they don't think about is what could come of this purchase. Especially if the child lives around, hangs around or goes to school around a poor neighborhood.
The not so well off kids that love the sport of basketball want the best equipment too. They certainly would love to brag that they have a new pair of air force 1's or a box containing a set of air Jordans.
How do the poorer kids get the basketball shoes they want?
Some of them don't get any at all. The ones that really want them but can't afford them and will do anything to get them? They will take the sneakers right off the feet of another kid. Whether that other kid is willing to give them up or not.
Some children will actually go as far as shooting another child just to have that brand name basketball sneaker.
If the prices of these star sponsored shoes were not so ridiculously high, maybe a lot more kids could afford them and there would be less of these senseless crimes over a stupid pair of basketball sneakers.
