Thursday, November 10, 2011
Was Cho really sick, or just an angry vindicator?
I think that Cho Seung-Hui was severely neglected as a child. When a person commits an act as horrific as this, there were unquestionably indicators of a problem early on. It has come out that he was possibly autistic, but that his parents could not afford and chose not to get him treatment. His parents and family could have prevented this, but they chose to disregard the problem and leave him alone to make sense of the world as best he could. His world was obviously one of devastation. I am not saying that this was intentional on his parents part; most raise their children mirroring their own parents. What is scary to me about our culture, is that there seems to be a taboo when it comes to pointing out parental mistakes. Can't it be, that even if it is unintentional, parents must be held responsible for abusing or emotionally abandoning a child. Children do not ask to be born. I think that in order to prevent events such as this one, a serious focus needs to be placed on early childhood development and parenting skills. It astounds me that we need a drivers license to operate a car, but not a license to parent. I say this metaphorically. Can you imagine where we might be if Saddam and Bush learned as children how to navigate relationships with integrity and take responsibility for their actions. Terrorism begins in the home. Somehow as a society we must start paying more attention to the grief and burden we place upon our children's shoulders. Its hard to look in the mirror and see how one has failed as a parent, but its the only way to break the cycle ped on from one generation to the next. I believe if Cho Seung-Hui was cared for and been given treatment at an early age, this tragedy may have been prevented. Help me to p this message along and educate others. If you are a parent, check in with yourself on a regular basis. Apologize to your children so they learn how to take responsibility when it is their turn to be a parent. Pay attention and listen to your children, they are smarted than you think and they absorb everything. Lets do the right thing one child at a time. We owe it to the victims of Virginia Tech and to our children who may be struggling as Cho Seung-Hui did. Thanks for listening. My heart goes out to everyone who is suffering in the aftermath of this unthinkable tragedy. If there was anyway I could help hold your pain, I would.
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