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Originally posted by ARTelevision
It doesn't seem particularly illuminating to say exceedingly simple things like, "the parents aren't doing their job" as if it was the end of the discussion.
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Although my wife will completely agree with you that my thoughts are exceedingly simple, I said exactly what I truly believe; illuminating or not.
I was an elementary school classroom teacher for 12 years, from 1986-1997, and I've seen from the trenches that too many parents are emotionally terrified of their own children. Those parents are too selfish and self-absorbed to be having children in the first place, and they end up a complete disaster as a parent. And the kid suffers. And then we all suffer.
The next time some pimple-faced goofbag shoots up the school library because his girlfriend broke up with his sorry ass, pay attention to who the news media interview. You'll see them parade through the opinions of their neighbors, their family, their friends, their co-workers (if any), and they'll all sing in unison, "He was such a good boy, and this is a total shock."
The one person you won't see them interview is the kid's elementary school teacher, because he or she will say, "Hell yes, I knew that asshole would end up like this. The kid was an asshole and his parents were mega-assholes. Instead of telling the little prick 'No' once in a while, they were infatuated with his self-esteem. So I guess he must have had buckets of self-esteem when he sprayed bullets all over that classroom like that, huh?"