The Virginia mother of the 6-year-old boy accused of shooting his first grade teacher was sentenced on Friday to two years in prison for child neglect.
I mean, society did fail her but that doesn't mean she shouldn't take responsibility for what happened. She left her gun in her purse, unsecured, around a six year old with serious mental health issues. She is absolutely liable. That doesn't mean that she is the only one to blame, tho
Oh, I agree. She had a gun and thus a responsibility to keep it out of her kids hands. I read a bit more about it, and apparently she discharged the weapon a short while prior because she believed that her boyfriend was cheating on her. Yikes!
Doesn't change that we can't recognize that this likely stems from many societal problems
I think the world would be better, if we accept BOTH personal responsibility, and the responsibility that we have to others living in the society we all share. It probably won't happen any time soon, but I can try to spread the idea
Usually morons will point out how much larger our population is than the UK. I was stressing that the measure IS per capita, and it is egregiously worse.
I was going out of my way to avoid people missing my point while adding more information, but there's always someone...
That kid didn't have mental health problems. He was just imitating how he watched his hopelessly retarded, selfish, dysfunctional and immature parents act.
I would argue that one path to having mental illness is neglect. It could also be that he was exposed to drugs (or chemicals) in utero (which can also effect brain development).
There's a book I can recommend, but it's a bit controversial.
Being an attractive white woman is like playing the game of life in tutorial mode levels of difficult. Like what is the very worst thing that can happen to you, Starbucks gets your special latte pink drink order incorrect?
It's not race baiting, it's asking a legitimate question.
It is hard to imagine a judge separating a mother from her child for two years. The foster system isn't known for improving an at risk child's mental health.
Yeah but like she probably had shitty parents too. You're faulting her for what, not breaking a generational cycle she doesn't even realize she's part of?
We're faulting her for leaving an unsecured loaded firearm within reach of a fucking 6 year-old. Plenty of people with shitty parents know better than that.