11-26-2013, 01:48 PM
(11-26-2013, 11:03 AM)Midwest Spy Wrote: The question now is, how does the next parent in this situation take the appropriate actions to ensure their timebomb doesn't go off?
Assuming she was still in touch with reality herself, Mrs. Lanza should have had her son involuntarily committed, IMO.
Even if she couldn't imagine he'd kill anyone, much less a bunch of little kids and teachers, the dangers he potentially presented to himself and herself should have been enough for a mentally sound and responsible parent to take action.
The dad or the brother could have asked for welfare checks or pushed for investigation by LE or CPS as well.
It was not a secret that this kid was troubled, nor was it unknown that mom had a bunch of guns. Just one look around Adam Lanza's room would have demonstrated that he posed a threat to society and warranted psych institutionalization and eval.
I wonder if Adam Lanza had been a threat to his mother for years and years and she just kinda adjusted to it as her normal and became off in the head herself. It happens with couples sometimes when one is mentally ill.
Or, maybe as a member of an upscale New England community, she was more concerned about how it would have reflected upon her image to have a son committed.
Or, as crash opined, maybe she was just that blinded by love that she kept hoping he'd get better or that she could contain him by herself.
There's tons of support out there and there were options available to Mrs. Lanza to address the dangers her son presented.
Mrs. Lanza can't tell us why she instead chose to let a disturbed teen buy weapons and be in charge. Maybe the fact that she can't tell us will inspire a parent in the same situation to make a call for help, before it's too late?