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A bright kid. Bright boys with no adult male to guide them. This is a problem that is hundreds of years old. Read the story of Iccarus and Daedalus. It’s an allegory. Iccarus flies too high (seeks too much knowledge) and is killed. His father warned him. The bright ones see more horror and they have no one to help them deal with it. There is an old saying that there’s a fine line between genius and insanity, and it’s true. Bright young men see further and they see pain and suffering and without a strong male to guide them, they become frustrated. They also have all those teenage hormones and the energy of youth. In many ways, it’s the same problems and concerns we all see, but for them it’s more intense.
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Kid may have been bright, but doesn’t seem to have been all that bright.
There’s a report from when he was in public school about how hard he worked at his schoolwork. Then a couple of reports about how hard his mother pushed him to excel at school. Finally, after some home schooling, he took college classes at a local mediocre school and got B+ grades at fairly middling classes.
Sounds like smart, but not as smart as he and his mom wanted him to be. Also, the kid was clearly messed up at an early age while dad was still at home. Finally, the Columbine kids, among many others, had dads in their lives.
A bright kid. Bright boys with no adult male to guide them. This is a problem that is hundreds of years old. Read the story of Iccarus and Daedalus. It’s an allegory. Iccarus flies too high (seeks too much knowledge) and is killed. His father warned him. The bright ones see more horror and they have no one to help them deal with it. There is an old saying that there’s a fine line between genius and insanity, and it’s true. Bright young men see further and they see pain and suffering and without a strong male to guide them, they become frustrated. They also have all those teenage hormones and the energy of youth. In many ways, it’s the same problems and concerns we all see, but for them it’s more intense.
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Agreed. I think this is the MAJOR factor in this story that on one will discuss, especially our wonderful liberals. Where was Dad?
Our son is autistic, but thankfully, I have a wonderful husband who takes his fatheringrole seriously. Takes our son to Boy Scouts, and spends as much with him as he can. I think that and the time spent with his older brother has been immensely helpful for him. They say autistic boys do well with strong fathers or father figures — well, ANY boy does. To saddle a mother with 100% of the responsibility for these boys is far too much for anyone ... but they say up to 80% of or of marriages with special needs children end in divorce from the stress.
She could have driven her husband off ... yet, still ...he could have deserted her also.
This story has NOTHING to do with guns, and everything to do with family and parenting dysfunction.