I honestly think that the answer to your prime question is that we, as a Nation and as a culture have decided to abdicate our sense of responsibility to the group instead of retaining it as an individual and exercising it
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I totally agree with you. I think we're kinda saying mostly the same thing, just different phrasing and from different perspectives. Lack of involved parenting is a huge issue (but from what it sounds like, this guy had a very involved mother). We've pretty much failed these kids on all levels.
While I do think we need to work on dealing with mental health issues, I'm waiting on actual specifics on this guy, because so far it's all supposition that he had mental health issues. His family easily had access to help for him, if it was needed, so this wasn't an access thing. Maybe a denial issue, but this kid didn't come from the inner city, or even lower to mid-middle class America. He was upper middle class.
We got away from it when we decided that everything was ok. That there are no boundaries and saying "no" became taboo.
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While I do think we need to work on dealing with mental health issues, I'm waiting on actual specifics on this guy, because so far it's all supposition that he had mental health issues. His family easily had access to help for him, if it was needed, so this wasn't an access thing. Maybe a denial issue, but this kid didn't come from the inner city, or even lower to mid-middle class America. He was upper middle class.
We got away from it when we decided that everything was ok. That there are no boundaries and saying "no" became taboo.
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