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Police Charge 15-Year-Old Md. Boy With Killing Parents And Two Younger Brothers

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by blackeagleba February 4, 2008 1:25 PM EST
What must we do in order to ensure that our children do not succumb to violent pathways? Lately, it seems in this venue, that it is almose infectious. What external stimuli did this boy undergo, by which to murder his family? Despite the "lovingly" painted picture of this family; was there an underlying cause? Or had the boy been exposed to something at school? It was reported that the son was having difficulty with the father. Did it escalate between them, so the boy thought he had to resort to violence? It is high time that we step up to the plate, as parents, to discard this self-righteous, stupidly conceived, self serving, fools sanctity of allowing our children to determine how we handle them. Such is a fools errand that we have given in, in mainstream, to the whim of our children. Children do not have a voice in adult decisions. Children do not have an opinion to be rendered until they become adults themselves, Parents- stop allowing "children" to become involved in your day to day dealings that DO NOT pertain to them. You are forgetting to not just set boundries; you are forgetting to ENFORCE them. Parents, you are forgetting to PUNISH children for their shortcomings. Instead you seek to "discipline" them. Such poppycock is what has placed us in such a vicarious position. If this continues, then "children" will eventually have to be tried as full-fledged ADULT criminals; which means: capital punishment.
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by blackeagleba February 4, 2008 12:57 PM EST
What must we do in order to ensure that our children do not succumb to violent pathways? Lately, it seems in this venue, that it is almose infectious. What external stimuli did this boy undergo, by which to murder his family? Despite the "lovingly" painted picture of this family; was there an underlying cause? Or had the boy been exposed to something at school? It was reported that the son was having difficulty with the father. Did it escalate between them, so the boy thought he had to resort to violence? It is high time that we step up to the plate, as parents, to discard this self-righteous, stupidly conceived, self serving, fools sanctity of allowing our children to determine how we handle them. Such is a fools errand that we have given in, in mainstream, to the whim of our children. Children do not have a voice in adult decisions. Children do not have an opinion to be rendered until they become adults themselves, Parents- stop allowing "children" to become involved in your day to day dealings that DO NOT pertain to them. You are forgetting to not just set boundries; you are forgetting to ENFORCE them. Parents, you are forgetting to PUNISH children for their shortcomings. Instead you seek to "discipline" them. Such poppycock is what has placed us in such a vicarious position. If this continues, then "children" will eventually have to be tried as full-fledged ADULT criminals; which means: capital punishment.
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by blackeagleba February 4, 2008 12:47 PM EST
What must we do in order to ensure that our children do not succumb to violent pathways? Lately, it seems in this venue, that it is almose infectious. What external stimuli did this boy undergo, by which to murder his family? Despite the "lovingly" painted picture of this family; was there an underlying cause? Or had the boy been exposed to something at school? It was reported that the son was having difficulty with the father. Did it escalate between them, so the boy thought he had to resort to violence? It is high time that we step up to the plate, as parents, to discard this self-righteous, stupidly conceived, self serving, fools sanctity of allowing our children to determine how we handle them. Such is a fools errand that we have given in, in mainstream, to the whim of our children. Children do not have a voice in adult decisions. Children do not have an opinion to be rendered until they become adults themselves, Parents- stop allowing "children" to become involved in your day to day dealings that DO NOT pertain to them. You are forgetting to not just set boundries; you are forgetting to ENFORCE them. Parents, you are forgetting to PUNISH children for their shortcomings. Instead you seek to "discipline" them. Such poppycock is what has placed us in such a vicarious position. If this continues, then "children" will eventually have to be tried as full-fledged ADULT criminals; which means: capital punishment.
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by blackeagleba February 4, 2008 12:41 PM EST
What must we do in order to ensure that our children do not succumb to violent pathways? Lately, it seems in this venue, that it is almose infectious. What external stimuli did this boy undergo, by which to murder his family? Despite the "lovingly" painted picture of this family; was there an underlying cause? Or had the boy been exposed to something at school? It was reported that the son was having difficulty with the father. Did it escalate between them, so the boy thought he had to resort to violence? It is high time that we step up to the plate, as parents, to discard this self-righteous, stupidly conceived, self serving, fools sanctity of allowing our children to determine how we handle them. Such is a fools errand that we have given in, in mainstream, to the whim of our children. Children do not have a voice in adult decisions. Children do not have an opinion to be rendered until they become adults themselves, Parents- stop allowing "children" to become involved in your day to day dealings that DO NOT pertain to them. You are forgetting to not just set boundries; you are forgetting to ENFORCE them. Parents, you are forgetting to PUNISH children for their shortcomings. Instead you seek to "discipline" them. Such poppycock is what has placed us in such a vicarious position. If this continues, then "children" will eventually have to be tried as full-fledged ADULT criminals; which means: capital punishment.
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by blackeagleba February 4, 2008 12:37 PM EST
What must we do in order to ensure that our children do not succumb to violent pathways? Lately, it seems in this venue, that it is almose infectious. What external stimuli did this boy undergo, by which to murder his family? Despite the "lovingly" painted picture of this family; was there an underlying cause? Or had the boy been exposed to something at school? It was reported that the son was having difficulty with the father. Did it escalate between them, so the boy thought he had to resort to violence? It is high time that we step up to the plate, as parents, to discard this self-righteous, stupidly conceived, self serving, fools sanctity of allowing our children to determine how we handle them. Such is a fools errand that we have given in, in mainstream, to the whim of our children. Children do not have a voice in adult decisions. Children do not have an opinion to be rendered until they become adults themselves, Parents- stop allowing "children" to become involved in your day to day dealings that DO NOT pertain to them. You are forgetting to not just set boundries; you are forgetting to ENFORCE them. Parents, you are forgetting to PUNISH children for their shortcomings. Instead you seek to "discipline" them. Such poppycock is what has placed us in such a vicarious position. If this continues, then "children" will eventually have to be tried as full-fledged ADULT criminals; which means: capital punishment.
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by blackeagleba February 4, 2008 12:37 PM EST
What must we do in order to ensure that our children do not succumb to violent pathways? Lately, it seems in this venue, that it is almose infectious. What external stimuli did this boy undergo, by which to murder his family? Despite the "lovingly" painted picture of this family; was there an underlying cause? Or had the boy been exposed to something at school? It was reported that the son was having difficulty with the father. Did it escalate between them, so the boy thought he had to resort to violence? It is high time that we step up to the plate, as parents, to discard this self-righteous, stupidly conceived, self serving, fools sanctity of allowing our children to determine how we handle them. Such is a fools errand that we have given in, in mainstream, to the whim of our children. Children do not have a voice in adult decisions. Children do not have an opinion to be rendered until they become adults themselves, Parents- stop allowing "children" to become involved in your day to day dealings that DO NOT pertain to them. You are forgetting to not just set boundries; you are forgetting to ENFORCE them. Parents, you are forgetting to PUNISH children for their shortcomings. Instead you seek to "discipline" them. Such poppycock is what has placed us in such a vicarious position. If this continues, then "children" will eventually have to be tried as full-fledged ADULT criminals; which means: capital punishment.
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by blackeagleba February 4, 2008 12:37 PM EST
What must we do in order to ensure that our children do not succumb to violent pathways? Lately, it seems in this venue, that it is almose infectious. What external stimuli did this boy undergo, by which to murder his family? Despite the "lovingly" painted picture of this family; was there an underlying cause? Or had the boy been exposed to something at school? It was reported that the son was having difficulty with the father. Did it escalate between them, so the boy thought he had to resort to violence? It is high time that we step up to the plate, as parents, to discard this self-righteous, stupidly conceived, self serving, fools sanctity of allowing our children to determine how we handle them. Such is a fools errand that we have given in, in mainstream, to the whim of our children. Children do not have a voice in adult decisions. Children do not have an opinion to be rendered until they become adults themselves, Parents- stop allowing "children" to become involved in your day to day dealings that DO NOT pertain to them. You are forgetting to not just set boundries; you are forgetting to ENFORCE them. Parents, you are forgetting to PUNISH children for their shortcomings. Instead you seek to "discipline" them. Such poppycock is what has placed us in such a vicarious position. If this continues, then "children" will eventually have to be tried as full-fledged ADULT criminals; which means: capital punishment.
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by runningralph February 4, 2008 12:32 PM EST
Before rushing to judgement remember BTK. Everyone thought he was an upstanding citizen. too. Maybe there was some serious flaw in the parents. Maybe. Maybe the flaw is only in the murderer. Murdering maniacs will never become good citizens. They should be studied, analyzed and disposed of. Take away the insanity plea. If a person is judged to be legally insane AND a murderer they should be destroyed like a mad dog.
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by fredcs25 February 4, 2008 11:16 AM EST
A story like this is hard to believe.
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by blue1965 February 4, 2008 8:20 AM EST
Teen Charged In Shooting Deaths Of Family, Police Charge 15-Year-Old Md. Boy With Killing Parents And Two Younger Brothers - .
What in the heck is going on in this world,I was born in the mid 60''s & grew up in the 70''s & I don''t remember things like this happening every week.It''s a scary world out there,I tell my kids to never eat there food in McDonalds because you never know when someone is going to loose touch with reality.Childern shooting up the schools,husband kills pregnant wife,mother drowns her 5 children,boyfriend rapes girlfriend cooks her & eats her,teen gives birth throws baby in trash & goes to party.I really believe the devil is on a roll,collecting souls & destroying lives.I''m really scared for my children & my grandchild,but you have to let them live there life.My 18 year old daughter tells me that I''m paranoid but I don''t think I am with all that goes on in this mixed up world.PLEASE,someone out there reading this,please tell me do you think that I''m paranoid & over reacting?

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