School Shooting at Oxford High School

[Zacha341]

Sounds pretty doggone indulgent [the parents constantly blocking for the teen].

Not to be too psychiatric about this, but having worked with and mentored teenagers [and having been a parent], it's interesting how some parents do not see how 'overindulgence' can be a problem as bad as neglect! If you can't say no, and set clear boundaries for a three-year old, you sure won't be able to for a 13+ year old [far too late]. Especially not in this culture!

The effective parents job [starting early] is to affirm that which builds good character [oh how corny in the face of our new modernity], cultivate an interest in learning [being mindful and attentive of what they're learning], core civility [No, the world DOES NOT revolve around you son/ daughter/ non-binary, etc.], and teaching them how to live with others [socialization beyond the damn online 'devices'!], dovetailing that with the understanding of respect of self and others, etc. Instead we have a case of indulging children w/o question [on to teenager status] towards, in this instance, very destructive outcomes.

Seems to have been little challenge from the parents with so many signs of dysfunction present. Indeed they were busy blocking, and catering...

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...to-get-caught/

The highlights:
- Parents bought the gun for the kid as an early Christmas present
- Parents knew he was searching about ammunition on his phone
- Mom texted son to "LOL, don't get caught" looking up ammunition at school
- Parents knew the son had made violent drawings of his gun in school
- Parents knew the son had wrote over the drawings "Help me", "My life is useless", "The world is dead", "Blood everywhere"
- Even after knowing all of the above, they still did NOT secure the fucking gun
- After the parents knew a shooting at the high school occurred the mother texted her son "Ethan, don't do it"
- After hearing of the shooting the father checked for the gun at his house, couldn't find it, and called 911 to notify authorities that his son might be the shooter

... So many warning signs. But loving their guns was more important. Here's an early Christmas present, nothing celebrates Jesus more than this modern killing machine. At least the dad tried to help once he knew the gun was missing, but that was until AFTER he knew a mass shooting happened.