Do you always love your kids?

That father's love far outpaces my capacity to love. God bless him with the strength and peace he'll need to live his remaining days, after what happened to him and his family.
 
A lot of people who have been through terrible things find ways to still love the ones who did it to them. You may not like the person, you may have to choose to keep them out of your life, but you still love them. I'm curious to see what the article tomorrow says about what kind of relationship he has w/ his daughter.
 
My son left an empty carton of OJ in the fridge this morning, you tell me if you could still love him?
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Not after that I wouldn't.

I hope this guy is OK now, or as OK as he can be. I hope his daughter and her friends get what they deserve.
 
Man, that story is horrible. I can't imagine going from the horror of knowing your whole family is dead, to the relief of knowing your daughter is still alive, then to the horror of knowing she orchestrated the whole thing.

I tend to agree with Detective Almon's assessment.

"She's just evil," Almon said. "She's a manipulative, evil person who can basically turn on the smile and charm and the 'I love Jesus' one minute, and the next minute turn into a cold, ruthless, calculating young lady."
 
I have seenplenty of "church going kids" act completely differently depending on who they are with (friends, family, kids from school, boyfriend, etc...)

No one wants to believe that their own child is evil. The most evil people are usually the best at disguising it. There have been serial killers who were deacons at thier church and who spen tmost of their time doing good works for others.

If there is compelling evidence that she was involved, her punishment should be whatever the law allows.

Forgiveness is another matter. His choice to forgive is necessary for HIS mental and emotional health. If she gets some comfort from that, so be it. Forgiveness and unconditional love are hard to understand and even harder to do.

However, his stance, that she was manipulated, is NOT evidence of forgiveness. It is evidence of denial which is a dilusion that helps no one. He can't forgive her until he comes to grips with what she did. Denial is much easier than forgiveness because forgivess requires acknowlegement that she did a very evil thing.
 
I agree he's in denial. If anyone was manipulated, it would appear to be the young men who carried out the attack.
 
And then there's the whole "What is the appropriate way to show your kids you love them?" question. Helping them escape or minimize the consequences of their actions is not, IMO, what loving parents should do. But it seems to be the American way of parenting these days. Few parents are able to let their kids suffer consequences any more. Just talk to any teacher who has caught kids cheating and tried to punish them. Especially, God forbid, if they are near the top of their class. Go to a courthouse and watch a sentencing or two. Mom and dad always come as say what a good boy/girl their kid is and how they just got in with the wrong crowd as they beg for leniency from the court.
 
Interesting comments following each article. Some LGBT readers are more upset about the one comment he made about not wanting his daughter in a school he perceived as being too accepting of bisexual behavior than they are in the details of this horrific crime. Agendas can truely corrupt minds.

Several comments are critical of his remarrying relatively quickly. I've heard "experts" say that men who were very happy in their relationships will often remarry quickly after the death of their wives.

Oh, and yes, I find it hard to imagine not loving my children. Even if they are not always likeable.
 
It was supposed to come out today. You always love your kids. Just like you always will love your sick dog, even when you puit it down.
 
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