Yea just like the parents of the Columbine kids that had every known weapon to man in their room. You are the person that your parents help you become. People that go on these rampages have something messed up in their heads and show signs of depression, rage, agression, etc...it is up for friends and family to notice these signs before things get out of control. It's like the parents that complain about violent tv and video games. Just don't let your kids watch or play them. But we really don't need to argue over this menial crap...a tragedy just happened and we need to respect those that lost their lives. It just makes me mad that people out there do this kind of crap. I would bring every single one of those murderers back to life and let them rot in jail for the rest of their lives to think about what they've done in their 7 by 5 cell.
Having done extensive research on this type of thing [although I'm no expert] it's pretty well known that it's
not the parenting that caused this. As Babs said, there's tons beyond the parents' control. Eric Harris and Dyland Klebold were incredibly smart kids, and were able to
hide everything from their parents- it's not like their parents
gave them all their weapons and devices they used.
Eric was on medications for depression, but had stopped taking them. Here's the kicker- they believe the meds he was on had bad side-effects which could have caused his rage.
Parenting? Nope. The boys
loved their parents. Both of them [if I remember correctly, may have just been Eric] apologized to their parents in the video they filmed of themselves the morning of the massacre.
Dylan was also commonly cited as the "rage" of the two- an influence over Eric that caused him to do the things he did. Once again, Dylan became this way when he was lonely and depressed, needing someone to reach out to... Eric came along, feeling the same way- much as about 95% of teenagers in this country do.
Every parent has flaws, so it's easy to just jump on, "My mom spanked me when I was a child, that's why I did it."
Same
exact reason politicians blame video games and movies. It's an easy and obvious way out. Granted, we just now received the name of the killer, so a family history would give us a little insight as to if parenting
actually had something to do with it... But as of yet, I haven't read of a school shooting by a child who had abusive parents.
