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http://www.oprah.com/article/omagazine/200911-omag-susan-klebold-columbine
For anyone who has had a teenage son, this article is tough to read. In some of these school shootings I am sure parenting can be to blame. But I have lots of friends with children and it never ceases to amaze me that children in the same family can be so different. If parents have three perfectly adjusted kids and one who is struggling, why is the one so different? Did the parents do a good job with just some of the kids and turned the other into a homicidal shooter?
It might well be that Susan Klebold manipulated the facts in her story to avoid responsibility and make herself a victim. It just rang true to me. She seems like a nice lady whose life is turned even more upside down than the families of the victims. She lost her son too and has to live in shame forever. There are just no winners in this one.
I thought the article was well written. I would like to think if my child was that troubled I would pick up signals better than the Klebolds. Having read the article I do not think I can pass judgment. It was a tragedy for everyone. What would drive a kid to do that? Its scary, you just do not get the sense this was an inherently evil child.
For anyone who has had a teenage son, this article is tough to read. In some of these school shootings I am sure parenting can be to blame. But I have lots of friends with children and it never ceases to amaze me that children in the same family can be so different. If parents have three perfectly adjusted kids and one who is struggling, why is the one so different? Did the parents do a good job with just some of the kids and turned the other into a homicidal shooter?
It might well be that Susan Klebold manipulated the facts in her story to avoid responsibility and make herself a victim. It just rang true to me. She seems like a nice lady whose life is turned even more upside down than the families of the victims. She lost her son too and has to live in shame forever. There are just no winners in this one.
I thought the article was well written. I would like to think if my child was that troubled I would pick up signals better than the Klebolds. Having read the article I do not think I can pass judgment. It was a tragedy for everyone. What would drive a kid to do that? Its scary, you just do not get the sense this was an inherently evil child.
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