What the hell is going on in this world anymore!?
Watching the news last night with my boyfriend, and was suprised by news of a shooting at a high school in Ohio!
Now my first initial reaction to this of course is sadness for those that got hurt and the one student who actually died because of this boy's selfish and stupid action. For the children who are now truamatized from the place where they should feel the most safe! For the parents who had to wonder when they heard the news if there child was safe and sound.
Then, as I think about this more and continue to watch the news cast, I begin to get angry. When they sit there and say oh he was a troubled child and went to a school for troubled teens. It took me back to the Colombine incident here in CO, where people blamed the music and the movies and the video games that the boys who caused so much pain did, and I then become infuriated!
My question for you is where the hell are the parents!? Never once have I heard in this situation the parents take the responsibility for their childrens behavior! It is my firm beliefe and opinion that if there is anyone responsible for what has happened to those children in that school it is the parents!
Parents no longer take the time to "PARENT" their children anymore. It is the parents job to know what your kids are doing, it is the parents job to TEACH your children right from wrong! To the parents who have spoken out, they claim ignorance, "I had no idea little Tommy was building a bomb to blow up the school?" and they never once say, it was my job to know that little Tommy was so angry and hurting so much that he was planning to take the life of another parents child!
Instead they rest on rock music and violent movies and tv shows, video games to take responsibility of there lack of Parenting skills. Well let me tell you something, I myself grew up watching violent cartoons, and movies and playing violent video games. I was bullied and teased and threatened in school too, I was a gay kid growing up in a conservative town, I know what being different feels like, and yes I felt the affects! But never once, did I ever think the solution to feeling better would be taking the life of another!
And I will tell you why through all of that hardship, that that was never an option for me. Because my parents taught me right from wrong. Does that mean I never made mistakes absolutely not, but I have never taken the life of someone else.
Bullying has become such a huge deal that chlidren, those of us who are supposed to remain innocent and have fun and learn about growing up, are taking there own lives. And all of this has got to stop.
And I will tell you where it starts, the parents! We see so much hate every where, you have these crazy religious groups who have taken things to the extreme, by protesting funerals and spreading there message of hate every where they go! With this you feed the hatred bred and taught by previous generations and the onlything these children continue to do is hate!
Parents this starts and ends with you, you can save the lives of our children by becoming active in their goings on and knowing how they feel about other kids in school. Yes your kids may fight you and tell you your being to nosey, but if it saves a life is that not worth it?
Become an active Parent again, start spending time with your chlidren. Then be amazed by the difference you make.
