By sixteen even good parents cannot supervise their children every second. You have to put in all you can to your children by then, and still keep talking to them, keep up with their schools, but there is a limit to what you can control. If a 16 year old hides his evil well at home, he is capable of committing it without blame going to his parents.
I don’t know this guy’s story enough to know if she truly is to blame. At least his mom wasn’t a drug addict gang banging ho. There are plenty of those kind who abdicated raising their teen sons entirely. And those mothers never get blamed because they are covered by political correctness.
Also, wasn’t bullying a factor here? An entire school filled with responsible adults knew this wasn’t right and allowed this bullying.
“I don’t know this guy’s story enough to know if she truly is to blame.”
Then don’t speak about it or claim the parents cannot supervise their children. These kids did these things right in front of and while their parents were home.
I can’t provide a citation but I seem to recall reading that the bullying claim had been debunked. Anyone else have that information?