I don’t fault the parents of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. I’m not sure I would still stand by that statement had my child been at Columbine the day of that deadly macaque. But from my very distant perspective, as a parent, I feel for them.
“Dylan did not do this because of the way he was raised,” said Susan Klebold during a 2004 interview with New York Times columnist David Brooks. “He did it in contradiction to the way he was raised.”
Following the attack, Eric Harris’ parents wrote letters to the families of their son’s victims. To one injured girl …read more

I thought I would create a new blog post based on a comment I received on a different post. It was in response to whether or not we should allow kids to play with toy guns and knives. I said I didn’t have a problem with it as kids who play with toy guns don’t grow up to be killers.
I received a response from a person who obviously has a lot of anger built up inside them… one who is trying to preach peace. I will show portions of their response. Theirs is on the color block and my …read more

The attack on America’s schools continues. A lot of people have already reported this and if you haven’t heard by now then you live in a closet somewhere. The shootings at Virginia Tech yesterday killed 32 people.
The trend continues which first seemed to kick off back at the Columbine High School Massacre. Most likely if you are reading this you are a parent and probably have children in school or soon to be. I hate to sound so pessimistic but the realities of shootings like this seem to be the newest trend… maybe in the last 7 or 8 years. …read more