This poor kid didn’t have a chance from day one. No dad, gangs, drugs, family violence.
How much money did they throw away on this boy? The best social nets are helpless in the face of family breakdown like this.
It’s so frustrating to me. I’ll bet nobody took this woman aside when she was young and said, don’t live with a guy, and don’t get pregnant without a committed husband. It’s so socially unacceptable to do that.
The establishment fix will be to put more restrictions on kids in school and throw more money at them. Useless.
I don’t know why they turn out like this, but both my brothers were crazy like this too. The family tried all they knew to do and it all failed.
Maybe it has to do with drinking, drugs, etc. during pregnancy or heavy metals that are known to create behavioral problems...
What I do know is if they don’t lash out in high-school like this, they lash out in their adult years typically ending in suicide. I lost one brother to suicide on a motorcycle and the other was suicide by cop.
They didn’t have or lacked a coping mechanism. Any little perceived slight to their ego would send them on a rage. I live(d) in fear for my life until last year when my brother pulled the suicide by cop.
To say he didn’t know about his ‘flaw’ is a lie. He had all the counseling etc. You could sit and talk with him and he would acknowledge it and admit he felt helpless to change it. Sometimes you could just see the ‘danger’ flash across his eyes. He became so good at hiding it from the professional therapists, that they would release him.
When all the interventions fail...they finally snap.