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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
And while I hope the parents of this latest killer are safe, I do think it fair to ask - How did they not know their son was in such an awful mental state? I realize the university was in a horrible situation - I know they cannot necessarily contact the parents (when I taught college I could not even give parents their children's grades because of privacy issues) - but I can't help but wonder - as, in all fairness I'm sure they are now - how could they have missed this?
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While I'm sure I'm in the minority and I'm expecting people to blow a gasket with this comment, I don't believe it is fair of anyone to put any blame on the parents, of any school shooter.
Parents do the best they can. I'm not a parent but I do remember being in high school and in college and I didn't tell my parents an awful lot of what was going on in my life. That is growing up and exerting your own independence. Plus, who is to say that he didn't go home and "put on an act" for his parents?
To blame parents of what their children did is completely assinine. Not that I'm trying to justify what this person did, because I'm not, but I truly believe that he wasn't mentally stable and just broke. Everyone has a breaking point but 99% of the population WON'T pick up a gun and start killing people.
From what I've heard classmates and roomates and professors knew something was up with him, but nothing was done. That really just needs to change in our society. We can't keep brushing things off that we notice and say "that's not my problem".
Like I said, I'm sure tons of people will disagree with me, and that's totally fine, but I'm not attacking anyone so please don't attack me and my opinion.