Purple-Haze
Senior Don Juan
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Unless you are dealing with a sociopath who is clever at playing the good little boy, I highly doubt these parents did not see the warning signs prior to this incident. CHILDREN do not behave like this without some kind of environmental influence (again, assuming their behaviour is not the product of some massive physiological issue that is totally unaffected by the environment, which itself is unlikely).Francisco d'Anconia said:There's hardly any active parenting usually. Parents don't get involved until after their loving "kids will be kids" son or daughter is caught up in something big. If it's a situation as ridiculously shocking as this, some parents respond with something even more ridiculous in an attempt to normalize the situation. The kids see this and continue to believe that their actions are typical. Sometimes breeding is the only thing that some people can do successfully.
As far as I'm concerned, these parents are as guilty as their offspring. I'd be interested to observe how these parents deal with all of this. Such disgusting behaviour and disregard for human welfare doesn't just suddenly crop up - it is the product of years of horrible parenting.