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LeftinOH

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7. A teenage boy in my hometown shot his parents when they wouldn't let him

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Mon Dec 15, 2025, 01:09 PM

Dec 15

own/play a "violent" video game (I know nothing about video games). Mother died; father survived, but with lasting disability.

I recall being mad at my parents for one petty thing or another.. but nothing like this.

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Is there anything worse than the moment you realize your own child is going to kill you? [View all] milestogo Dec 15 OP

Menendez brothers are maybe not a great example newdeal2 Dec 15 #1

There was a young man in the next town over whose parents disappeared. milestogo Dec 15 #2

+1. Man Who Played Video Games All Day, Lied About SpaceX Job, and Dismembered His Parents Heads to Prison for Life dalton99a Dec 15 #3

Yeah... That has haunted me since first hearing the suggestion (Don Lemon) that the son had done it early this AM. hlthe2b Dec 15 #4

my middle kid had a tough adolescence. mopinko Dec 15 #5

That must have been so horrible for them. TommieMommy Dec 15 #6

A teenage boy in my hometown shot his parents when they wouldn't let him LeftinOH Dec 15 #7

Not only a betrayal, but total destruction of best dreams for what that child's life would be lostnfound Dec 17 #8