I'm not shocked. I have a teenager and while she wouldn't do something like this,she knows  several people EASILY capable of shooting up their school.Hell,to be blunt I have said on more than one occasion her high school makes me want to kill someone and/or killing myself if I had to deal with that place every day!

Since the shootings at Columbine,everything has been different.There was a VERY loosely based movie about it but he never comes out and says,"This is Columbine,".The kids are never called by the names of the shooters.Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold have been of great interest to me after a member of my website sent me photos of them in the library,dead.The person wanted to know if I thought the bodies were such that Dylan killed Eric and then took his own life.I've heard it say that the way the bodies fell suggested ERIC killed Dylan.

I'm not an expert.I don't know what happened and we never will.But I showed them to a friend who had been in the army and knows a lot about guns.We talked about it for a whle and I realized,you know what,this could happen to ANY of us,at any time.Kids are brutal these days.They almost have to be. I'm not shocked at all. I'm actually suprised the other way:I'm suprised we don't see more of this kind of grief. Very sad story. Very tragic. 

I was just going to say the same thing.... that I am too busy working full time and I need to get more involved in my daughter's life so that I can shape her the best that I can.  She is 11 and I worry a lot about her b/c of her dad and I seperating.  We have lived apart for several years now and he has no interest in his daughters (never calls, writes, nothing - just dropped off the face of the earth - no one knows where he is)  and she has been getting more and more angry.. especially with her 4 year old sister...I'm constantly saying.. Val, don't yell at her and try to be nicer to her (then I worry that that makes her even more angry b/c I'm constantly defending the younger one)  OY  worry, stress, worry, worry!

I was shocked by this so I think I really need to get up to speed.  Thanks for the honest info and that is really interesting about the shooters at Columbine.. I hadn't heard that info before.

same here single mom total supportof my 2 boys.while dadwas still out being a parting teenager.he did at least get the younger one for a weekend here and there.the oldest was pretty much on his own at that time.both have turned out to be decent kind and caring men. responsiable.not to say there wasnt bad times. at one point the scholl thought my youngest capable of doing a columbine.which at that time i agreed. i just knew this kid was going to end up in prison.its just remarkable to see the man he has become from that violent angrey kid.he was.its really not the timewe spend with our kids its the quality of that time.one of the things i did with my youngest was we haddate night every payday we went out to eat just the two of us.at a resturant not macdonalds.during our meal we talked about issues we were dealing with.also every friday night was family night, no friends could come over or spend the night on that night.no lonfg phone calls.no dates on that night we just rented a moviehe picked one i picked oneorder pizza.we would watch the movies together no interupptions. this was a routine we started when he was like 12and still do it now evenif hes twenty now. it brought us close to each other. and he felt comfortable to tell me anything he had bothering him.ask questions he wanted to find out answers to.its never to late to establise a relationship with youre children.and if they know there is at least one person that really cares about them it helps.take a little of the bitteness about the deadbeat parent away.the most important advice i can give is never never ever talk down the absent parent. the kids will realize that on their own with age.

In a world where there are so many children that are underpriviliged and un-loved,I am proud to say that we as strong  women can carry the load,no matter how heavy it is. It's that maternal instinct thing and I know in my heart that every one of us girls here on our board @ Justice Junction have sacrificed for our childen and that is the true meaning of motherhood. It is the epitome of unconditional love.

We are all blessed to have our children.Let's remember to say a prayer for the children who have been taken before their time because no one took the time to try and understand them and show them there is a better way.    

yes anna you said it well.pray for all the lost children.and thank god everyday for the blessing youre own children are.yes we are strong women to be where weare at today.all anyof us can do is the best we can