The murdered kid was buying drugs. How much of a father was this guy?
Do you hold yourself responsible for everything your children do? Trust me, young people caught up in drug addiction come from every walk of life and sometimes even from loving and supportive homes. Assuming this man was a poor father based on the sole fact that his son was buying drugs is way too judgmental.
“How much of a father was this guy?”
I bet you don’t have kids!
“How much of a father was this guy?”
Have you EVER known a family who had a kid that did drugs? Do you lay the cloak of “bad parent” on everyone whose kids get in trouble? There are things parents do not have control of, especially adult children.
As a recovering addict myself, I find that comment utterly vulgar.
My parents had NOTHING to do with the bad decisions I have made.
Anyone’s kid can make some stupid choices, but there’s always a chance to turn him back around while he’s still alive.
This has got to be hell for the parents.
I am by NO means going light on the fact that the murdered kid was not a kid but also a father who was buying drugs. Or the fact that his father was redirecting some of his guilt that his son was a druggie at the murderer.
BUT...with the way the government has stuck its nose into the upbringing of this country's youth, sometimes there is little a parent can do.
Sometimes a bad apple is born and when one or both parents try to come down hard on that kid, the kid can go to the state and get the parents in trouble.
If the government would back off and let parents give deserving brats a good whack things might be easier for the parents and better for the kids.
IMHO
“Kid”? He was 28. How long are you going to hold the parents responsible for his actions?
Unless your kids are all grown, take a deep breath and pray.
Pray hard.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
“How much of a father was this guy?”
stupid post of the day.