Why is there no national conversation about the divorce?

American Vision News ^ | December 18, 2012 | Joel McDurmon

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Amid all of the ridiculous politicization of the gun angle in the wake of Sandy Hook, and even a few calls for a national discussion on mental illness (one more back door for tyrannies, many), why is there so little discussion—or even mention—of what acquaintances of Adam Lanza are calling the turning point in his life: his parents’ divorce?

[RedMonqey]

I agree about divorce.

Forget the obsessive playing of video games, the guns, the lack of friends, the isolation at home and at school. They were only symptoms of an worsening situation of a mentally disabled child and divorce denied the love and emotional security that all children need.

Without knowing all the facts, my opinion(and that's all I claim it is) and with hindsight it is clear this troubled young man and his mother didn't didn't get the help they needed..

This tragedy might have lessened, if not prevented if these “individuals” involved were part of an healthy, intact(dare I say Christian) family with all the love, support and attention that binds individuals together.

And not money, good healthcare insurance nor “comprehensive” government gun control will ever replace the bonds that a close knit family provides.

Just my opinion and it's worth every penny paid for it.

[RedMonqey]

I agree about divorce.

Forget the obsessive playing of video games, the guns, the lack of friends, the isolation at home and at school. They were only symptoms of an worsening situation of a mentally disabled child and divorce denied the love and emotional security that all children need.

Without knowing all the facts, my opinion(and that's all I claim it is) and with hindsight it is clear this troubled young man and his mother didn't didn't get the help they needed..

This tragedy might have lessened, if not prevented if these “individuals” involved were part of an healthy, intact(dare I say Christian) family with all the love, support and attention that binds individuals together.

And not money, good healthcare insurance nor “comprehensive” government gun control will ever replace the bonds that a close knit family provides.

Just my opinion and it's worth every penny paid for it.

[BJ1]

My brother and I were raised by a single mother.My father died when we were 5 and 2 and my mother never re-married.There was very little money.

What about people like us?

 

Interesting is the fact that widows are the only group of single mothers to raise their kids as well as a two-parent family.  There must be something powerful about the memory of the father and the fact that the father's side of the family is not estranged from the mother. 

 

[Mears]

“There must be something powerful about the memory of the father and the fact that the father’s side of the family is not estranged from the mother. “

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My father’s family was wonderful to us. My mother considered them her parents(her parents were in Canada).

I have very fond memories of my paternal grandparents,aunts,and uncles.

Thanks for reminding me of that. They’ve all been gone for many years.

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[Gene Eric]

>> He had his father when he was growing up so this is not an absent father case to blame this on.

Bullshit.

[Gene Eric]

Irrelevant.

[Gene Eric]

>> by all accounts she tried to keep her son protected yet encouraged him to get out and about

The mom tried. The negligent father walked away.

[Mears]

Wow,a reply....after 6 1/2 years.😳