A parent can do their best to raise their child to be happy, healthy, honest, and whole. I'm fortunate - so far, it's working. Many parents are not so fortunate, for a host of reasons which are often not their fault. Children are individuals in their own right from the get-go, and parents don't have nearly as much control over how they turn out or what they do as you might think.
Yes, a parent is legally responsible for a child's actions, but I'm not always sure about the morally. Were the parents of the Columbine killers responsible for what their kids did? Who can ever know? Read "We Need to Talk About Kevin," by Lionel Shriver. It's fiction, but its description of how little a parent may know or be able to do about a child's actions rings true, to me at least. On 12/19/06, Lan Bui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I really think a child's actions are the parents responsibility. If > you see a child get caught stealing something in a store, who does > the store want to talk to? > > Now stealing isn't suicide but just because it is really really > horrible doesn't make it less the parents responsibility to know > their children. > > -Lan > www.LanBui.com > -------------------- > > > On Dec 19, 2006, at 8:01 AM, Heath wrote: > > Making a blanket statement like that is very shortsigted, it's easy > to find "warning" signs after the fact and sometimes just sometimes, > you never know why someone committed suicide, that doesn't make it > the parents fault..... > > Heath > http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com > > --- In [email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > Lan Bui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > In the end, I think that if you go above and beyond to possibly > >help > > someone, that is great. But you can't save everyone, and if you > > happen not to help someone, don't lose any sleep over it; it would > >be > > the parents fault. > > > > > > -Lan > > www.LanBui.com > > -------------------- > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 18, 2006, at 6:23 PM, Zadi wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > Today I came across a teen who had written a suicide note on > MySpace: > > > > <http://flickr.com/photos/karmagrrrl/326204445/? > > #comment72157594427411558> > > > > At first, I thought it was a joke - just a teen looking for > attention. > > But when I clicked on his profile and read some of his blog posts, I > > began to realize that it may be real after all. > > > > It turned out it was real. And he was overdosing on pills. Rick > Rey, a > > fellow videoblogger, called the school and the authorities handled > it > > from there. Just a few moments ago I received an email from one of > his > > friends saying the kid was alive and holding on in the hospital. > > > > My question is... What should the protocol be in instances like > these? > > You see a suicide note on a social network site and you feel > > completely helpless. Luckily, Rick scanned the page enough to notice > > the school info, but what if there had been none? > > > > I feel like there should be a little box on all these social > networks > > that say "in case of fire, break glass." A red button of sorts. But > is > > that getting into a whole gray area? > > > > How does one ensure that young people are physically safe? Can the > > buddy system/top eight be more useful when things like this happen? > Is > > there an alarm? > > > > Just thinking out loud. Thoughts? > > > > Zadi > > http://jetsetshow.com > > http://zadidiaz.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
