For every psychological disorder of children, there is a blame-the-mother contingent, as with the author here. Those theories just don’t stand up to investigation. It’s usually the case, as it seems here, the dangerous child has normal siblings. It’s also the case that the frightening behavior is not unique to the dangerous child. We have to admit that we don’t know why a particular person commits mass murder, and many other similar people do not. No one has been able to predict it even in the short term of days ahead of time, and it certainly cannot be predicted from childhood years ahead of time.
Of course the scientific study is worth while, but it will not yield anything useful soon. Meanwhile the one thing we can do is protect whatever we treasure from the possibility of such and attack. We protect the president, his children, his officers, members of congress, governors, and mayors with little armies of armed guards. Celebrities do the same for themselves and their families. It’s a good idea for schoolchildren, too.
I agree. There is a reason why one of the Lanza sons landed a plum job at Ernst & Young while the other sadly went down a dark path. Mental illness was probably the deciding factor.
Someone on another post had a good idea. Have a gun or guns that are only accessible by school officials using a biometric safe. Once a safe is opened it automatically calls the cops.
My suggestion would be to have an entrapment area like they have in the secure facilities. You enter a sealed area then you have to produce ID. You can get the ID person but can do no further damage. Cameras are set up o the initial entrance and inside the entrapment area. Easy to implement and requires no use of armed guards. The doors are not made of glass.