Oh, but it would have prevented this tragedy. The real point is that a Parent that was paying attention all the child's life would not have let this illness progress unchecked to this sad circumstance.
No, it would not have prevented anything. Schizophrenia occurs in ordinary people in their late teens and early twenties. Nothing his parents did before that could have changed it or anticipated it. Read some of the posts here describing it. It is very difficult for a parent to spot and almost impossible for anyone to force a schizophrenic to accept treatment. That is the way it is, period.
“The real point is that a Parent that was paying attention all the child’s life would not have let this illness progress unchecked to this sad circumstance.”
Really? You might want to read this:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/e60/news/story?id=4964740
I’m guessing from your posts that you are part of the “pray it out of him” brigade that always shows up when mental illness is mentioned. Well, the parents in the story tried that too; didn’t work out so well.
And it has one of “the most progressive mental health laws in the country,” according to The Washington Post, permitting “[a]ny person, including any of the students in Loughner’s classes ... or any of his teachers” to petition “the court to have him evaluated for mental illness
Prof. Called 911 on Loughner after Class “Rant”
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/10/earlyshow/main7230271.shtml