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Locally, there's a story about a 13yo kid who killed a 16yo over weed. He rode by on his bicycle and shot the kid in the neck.
No mental illness, lived in a decent neighborhood, had two working parents that we assume did everything they could for their kids.
Many people are saying don't blame the parents.
But if it were my kid, I would feel partially responsible, and I'd be looking inward to try to figure out what the hell I did wrong. But at 13, they know right from wrong. And if I'd decided that I had done everything in my power to make sure that kid was on the right path, and he did this anyway, then that kid would be dead to me. I would not hire a lawyer, not visit them in prison, not send money, nothing. Because in my mind, they deserve nothing more from me.
What do you feel?
Have you got kids of your own?
I don't have them yet and kinda get what your saying and would understand if a parent felt that way, but I personally don't think I could send them to the wolves myself.
Again as I don't have kids it's hard to say but I base this statement on my paternal love for my God kids I would do anything and everything I could for them and technically there not mine if you know what I mean mate?
Well I sure hope I never find out. That said, I think I would still love my child...visit them, etc.
I'd feel so guilty I didn't do a better job raising them, or missed or caused something. I'd be in a load of therapy to forgive myself! That's for sure.
I hope I never find out and if it had happened I think I would have to be on sedatives because my mind would not be able to handle that . I think that both parties would be liable . The parents and the teen who did this horrible thing . Yep for sure I would have to have therapy .
Look, sometimes you can't do anything about having a total craphead for a kid. And this may be the case here.
However, maybe if someone was home raising the kid and knowing where he was, what he was doing, who he was doing it with, where the guns were, whether he was doing drugs, etc, this situation could have been avoided.
In this case, I do blame the parents.
Lack of parental supervision secondary to chasing the almighty dollar gets zero respect from me.
Thanks for the stereotype.
My husband and I work fulltime and yet my middle-school aged kids don't smoke weed or drink or even curse. They are good kids who make good grades in school and are fun to be with. They are respectful of adults and have lots of friends.
Having working parents does not always equal a kid that shoots another kid, as you would imply
My husband and I work fulltime and yet my middle-school aged kids don't smoke weed or drink or even curse. They are good kids who make good grades in school and are fun to be with. They are respectful of adults and have lots of friends.
Having working parents does not always equal a kid that shoots another kid, as you would imply
Ugh. I hate arguing with people with no reading comprehension.
Riding without a seatbelt does not equal instant death on impact, either.
But it's way more likely.
But you know, go ahead and justify your behavior any way you like. The fact that you jumped to defend yourself so fast (even though I said NOTHING like what you "inferred") means you know you're doing something wrong.
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