02-28-2023, 10:41 PM
Ted King wrote:
Those parents fucked up their kid. But he was 18 and the law says he was responsible for his owns actions at that age. I hope he comes out of prison having reflected on what he did and what led him up to it and makes his life better. I hope his parents help other people like them understand how they went wrong and for others not to do the same. It's going to be hard for them because to the degree that they admit their mistakes, that is the degree that they should, and may very well have, regular feelings of shame and regret.
yeah, even though this kid committed acts on his own, clearly being schooled and sanctioned by authority figures, his parents, had a huge bearing on his behavior. I'm tempted to say I hope they don't sentence him to prison for very long, although even a few years may screw him up pretty bad (yes, worse than he is already). it's times like this that there should be some middle ground, although I do not know what that may be.