[sauropod]

And the scapegoating continues.

I've seen no evidence of any contribution to what those two little monsters became from their parents, except perhaps a little inattentiveness.

These Columbine parents are right up there with the 9/11 Jersey Girls...

[sharktrager]

A little inattentiveness?

These kids were able to purchase and hide several guns, ammunition and pipe bombs without their parents noticing a thing. They were building bombs in the house, and the parents didn't notice. The kids were compiling lists of who they wanted to kill, and publishing the lists on the Internet. The kids filmed hours of videotape talking about what they planned. These are kids that went through the legal system, and that had been reported as making threats against other kids.

These parents were in no way involved in their kids lives. They sent the kids to a shrink, who put them on medication, and considered their job done.

These parents didn't do their job. That doesn't excuse the kids, but the world was a much better place when parents were routinely held responsible for the actions of their kids. Maybe if that were the case these kids would have been reigned in a long time before this happened.

[Xenalyte]

"A little inattentiveness" is when Mom doesn't notice the hickey. The Klebolds and the Harrises are on another plane of inattentiveness entirely.