Parental responsibility is truly gone.

[Son of a Son]

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There are a lot of reasons for these parents to be upset and very angry. No parent should ever lose a child, especially like this. But how on earth can you blame the school for your son's dress, when you can directly control that before he ever leaves the house? Are you trying to tell me you had no idea he wore make-up and drag? If so, you were so disinterested in his life that you have no cause against the school anyways!

 

[Fan4life]

I think the school was screwed either way. If they tried to stop it they would probably have been sued for discrimination.

 

[Beau Vine]

Newsweek had a long cover story about this incident in the last month. Teachers repeatedly complained about the gay kid being disruptive, both his behavior and his cross-dressing. The principal, who is a lesbian, seemed to not do anything but "counsel" the kid -- no required changes, no punishment, no nothing.

 

[NEWDOC2002]

Hmmm, I would think the kid with the gun was responsible for the kid's death.

 

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[Sangre Naranjada]

The parents are a couple of fucktards.

I have 3 kids in school and Mrs. Sangre and I both know what the dress code is and we make sure our kids follow it. Son of a Son is right - these so-called "parents" have no case. The school may not have enforced the dress code, but neither did they. And to make any school effective, parents must enter into a partnership with the teachers and administrators so the kids know what is expected of them. And this principle applies to everything from classroom performance and behavioral standards all the way to the dress code.

 

[cmvUT75]

... seems that all the ills of society can be laid at the doorstep of our public schools.

 

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[sanf81]

It's sad that this happened.

A. Dress codes are moronic. Kids will find a way to differentiate themselves regardless of any system schools have in place.
B. The shooter should not be charged as an adult.

 

[iamtigerwoods]

daycare and then school. It is hard to parent in 2 hours per day..

 

[Squall]

yet that's the 2 most ******* important hours in your child's day

 

[Leggo]

Here's a wild concept - instead of accusing the parenting of the kid who was shot for not adhering to the dress code and being "different," how about finding out what's wrong with the parents of the unstable nutjob kid who walks into school with a gun and shoots another student? Some people baffle me.

 

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[shorty]

The teen was not living with his family. This looks more like a lawyer told the family he coud get them easy money for the death of their son.

I agree he shoulld be going after the school for failing to keep a gun out of the school rather than all the bs claims they have made.

I just find it very distasteful the family is trying to profit from the death of their son that CPS had removed from their home for his own protection.

I am even more disturbed MSNBC did not report the full story being he did not live his family. To me that is a major element of the story.

 

[accuratehorn]

I'm getting real tired of reading about the relatives, or the victims themselves, suing some entity which did not commit the act in question, particularly when it is a taxpayer funded entity. Sue the shooter, sue his parents, or sue yourselves, parents of the victim. Leave me, a taxpayer in the State of Texas, out of it.

 

[kmac30]

too many parents these days don't want to take responsibility for their kids. they place all the blame on school. for them school+teachers = daytime baby sitter

 

[general35]

another victory for political correctness...