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Re: Breaking: Investigators are responding to reported school shooting in Marysvi...
It's not always possible for parents to be involved enough. Teens have a long history of doing stuff outside the watchful eye of their parents and generally have a life outside that of their immediate family. They're experimenting with all kinds of stuff that they don't want parental feedback on and unless you lock your kid in the basement there will be some stuff that you just never know about no matter how good a parent you are. Add in all the social media stuff we have today and the kids have a whole lot more opportunities to make bad decisions than we did before all this gadgetry became available.
I blame the parents for his actions, in addition to him.
The lack of discipline, lack of taught morals and social obligations, and the lack of teaching kids right and wrong is a serious problem.
Children are a primarily function of their environment - if their parents are not involved, we get crap like this.
It's not always possible for parents to be involved enough. Teens have a long history of doing stuff outside the watchful eye of their parents and generally have a life outside that of their immediate family. They're experimenting with all kinds of stuff that they don't want parental feedback on and unless you lock your kid in the basement there will be some stuff that you just never know about no matter how good a parent you are. Add in all the social media stuff we have today and the kids have a whole lot more opportunities to make bad decisions than we did before all this gadgetry became available.