You’re making a big assumption there with the plural parents. I’d be really surprised if there was a dad in his life, or even a granddad for that matter. Multi-generations of single mothers doesn’t have a good result.
The suspect’s mother died when he was one year old; he knows his father but was never raised by him - I think father has been in prison.
He was raised by an uncle and aunt - uncle says he kept telling Adams and his friends not to get involved with gangs and they kept saying, uh-huh, yeah, we’re listening to you, uncle.
Maybe the mother died of one of those accidents or illnesses that could happen to anyone, or maybe her death was a result of the way she lived. Father was bad news.
No sane society would pay feckless young women to have babies by criminal men, and then try to fix those babies - to overcome the unformed, unstable family, prenatal drug abuse, violent neighborhood, criminal ethos, disrespect for education and work, even the genes that tend to impulsive and violent behavior. How on earth do people think they can fix everything that’s already gone wrong with these babies with daycare and preschool?
Better to have this policy: You have one welfare baby; the taxpayers will support it. We will never pay you to have another baby but we will pay you a sum every month to have your tubes tied, to have an IUD or contraceptive implant with verification.
I oppose abortion; I’m morally opposed to abortifacient contraception andsterilization, but the underclass aborts more babies than they give birth to as it is, and still they have enough babies to increase their number.
Actually his mother died and he was sent to live with his aunt and uncle in Texas, but they couldn’t handle him and sent him back to live with another uncle. Father was in prison, but did get out recently, and was somewhat involved.