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I think that the biggest problem is that parents let negative influences into their childrens' lives without being willing to be a positive influence and role model. They also allow kids to be exposed to violent images and scenarios before they have imparted a sense of reality versus disbelief or any system of values to their children. On top of that, parents just ignore kids too much in the struggle to get ahead in life.
Maybe if a parent sat down with his or her mentally ill kid when they saw him using a pipe bomb as a paperweight, he and his best friend wouldn't have shot up their school. Maybe if parents of troubled children wouldn't ignore the problem and distance themselves from the child because of the stigma associated with mental illnesses, these kids would feel loved and cared for, and less likely to imitate what they saw in a violent movie.
Short version: bad parents end up with bad kids.
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