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lostnfound

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

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Wed Dec 17, 2025, 12:23 AM

Dec 17

Parents want so much to believe in their children’s future — that they will one day mature into a fulfilled, content, decent life.
To know in your final hour that not only is your kid capable of killing you but that they will spend their life in prison for it must be such terrible grief.

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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