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Disturbed Children

We have had a brutal murder just a few blocks from me. A
sixteen year old killed his grand parents and the family
dog and then tried to burn down the house to cover it up.

There had been enough warning signs. His mother had washed
her hands of him and had given her parents the problem.
He had been expelled from the local highschool and the
grandparents sent him to military school where he was
an abject failure. It is hard for me to believe that no
one was able to spot his rage in time to obtain mental
health treatment.

It occurs to me that sometimes we try to go the second mile
where children are concerned. What is especially tragic
is that he enlisted two of his friends to burn down the
house and thus involved them in the crime.

There is an epidemic of violence and I blame it in part on
tv and the newcasters who get so excited about it. I will
not watch the local ABC news channel because they appear to
relish each tragedy. Like Fredo, What do I know.

posted on Apr 12, 2011 5:15 AM ()

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It alarms me so much that mental health care is maybe the last thing people reach out to, instead of the first, or that people in need of mental health services can't afford it. Ohio has just slashed support for mental health services. What a huge mistake. Treatment saves lives and yet the support system in our society is full of holes.

comment by marta on Apr 14, 2011 6:02 AM ()

This is very disturbing.Here in NH they are cutting fund for help on the mental illness.They are cutting way back.Mike is very upset about this as he see this in his work every day and think that taking a toll on him.
Not much we can do about it.They have protest.Liked I mentioned before they want to ship the seniors to Sibera and the hell with the mental illness.This is very sad to hear and no end to this.They are still fighting this.Who is going to help them.

comment by fredo on Apr 12, 2011 9:32 AM ()

I know what Mike is dealing with. If we could cut out some of the fat
salaries for politicians we would have a little more left for the necessities. The Republicans want social programs to go first. If they get rid of Planned Parenthood there are just going to be more and more
welfare babies. NPR is educational. They are so short sighted.

reply by elderjane on Apr 13, 2011 4:30 AM ()

I find it scary how violent things are today. Violent TV shows and news and man... it's just ALL around us. And it has to desensitize us, you know? R likes gory films while I still don't, but the more I see the less it bothers me. I don't like it.

comment by kristilyn3 on Apr 12, 2011 7:26 AM ()

You have hit the nail on the head, Kristy. We have become desensitized to
violence. We see far too much of it.

reply by elderjane on Apr 13, 2011 4:37 AM ()

Between children killing their caretakers and children attaking/killing cops, I don't know what is going on the world. What have we done as a society that children- people seem to have no regard for human life? I think deepening the divide between rich and poor is only going to make matters worse.

comment by dragonflyby on Apr 12, 2011 7:23 AM ()

That is so very true. This was not a boy who was deprived of anything.
What triggered the violence was that his grandmother took the keys to his
truck away from him as punishment for rule breaking. What is happening in
our world.

reply by elderjane on Apr 13, 2011 4:41 AM ()

It's an nation-wide epidemic for some reason. There have been two similar murders here in Colorado in the last couple months, both in small farming communities. One was the parents who were murdered, the other was the great-grandparents who had taken the little darling into their home because nobody else could deal with him. And all the neighbors were astounded because they were nice families, not drugged out meth-heads. Come to think of it, do we ever hear of some meth-head kid killing his no-good parents? Nope, it's always the long-suffering grandparents who have 'rescued' that kid from his unsuitable home. Should have left him where he was and let natural selection take its course.

comment by troutbend on Apr 12, 2011 6:49 AM ()

There is a time to say, "I have had it, I have done all that I can and
this child needs all the help society can give him, including being locked
up before he kills some one." Grandparents are notoriously soft.

reply by elderjane on Apr 13, 2011 4:44 AM ()

Awful. But when I saw the title of your post I thought it was about the Tea Party.

comment by jondude on Apr 12, 2011 6:42 AM ()

In a way it is because they would deprive us of the necessary social
programs and then let G. E. get away without paying income taxes.

reply by elderjane on Apr 13, 2011 4:46 AM ()

There are those who come from horrible home environments who manage to rise above it, and there are those who do not. I, however, do not believe that this kind of rage does not have some root problem that began in the home. I do not believe that any child is "born" evil. Some just have better coping mechanisms than others. Unfortunately, it's those who cannot cope who become the serial killers and the murderers of our socieity.

comment by redimpala on Apr 12, 2011 5:46 AM ()

I think some people are more prone to violence than others. It is hard for
me not to believe that if love and compassion are shown in the home and if
you teach that you should harm no one, that children should learn empathy However, even if we like to think we are all created equal, there are
hose who resort to violence because have to have instant gratification and
can't say no to their impulses, however destructive they are.

reply by elderjane on Apr 13, 2011 5:01 AM ()

This kid seems to be once of those psychologically aberrant cases where love and attention are not necessarily all he needed. You don't go from feeling unloved to abhorrent violent retaliation without there being something greatly wrong with your brain. There are a lot of unloved kids out there who suck it up and go on, healing themselves by their own determination. But

what do I know?

comment by tealstar on Apr 12, 2011 5:22 AM ()

Some brains are wired up wrong and are exacerbated by an exposure to
violence in the world. Kids need to take the consequences for their behavior. At least they will learn about cause and effect. It just kind
of leaves me at a loss when I see bad behavior rewarded.

reply by elderjane on Apr 13, 2011 5:07 AM ()

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