PeggyAnnMcKay
Why yes, yes I am a Shel Silverstein fan.
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Thank God the 13 year old was able to dial 911! The boys were still in the house, so that makes me think they didn't spare the baby just out of the goodness of their hearts. The BAPD showed up and surprised them, so they ran out of the back of the house.
Yeah, for some reason "drugs" aren't on my radar at all. I also don't think the 18 year old looks like a meth user in his mug shot. If that family held everyone so close to the vest and didn't allow the kids to associate with other kids in the neighborhood, or have a social life at school, I doubt he had any chance to get his hands on drugs, especially meth. I grew up here and raised my son here...seems alcohol, weed, and pills are the most common things teenagers get into trouble with here.
I think this is about the family dynamics. Not sure yet how it plays into these boys' motives, but I'll bet it has a lot to do with this tragedy.
BBM - I think this is probably going to be a touchy subject for me because we are a homeschooling family. I just want to point out that even though the neighbors didn't see the kids interacting with other kids in the neighborhood, doesn't mean the kids don't have a social life.
My kids have played with the kids in our neighborhood, but the older ones always come home and say they don't want to. The neighborhood kids swear a lot, and talk about sex constantly, and my boys just don't want to be like that. I respect their decisions and it makes me proud that they want to distance themselves from that.
But my kids have lots of friends, and are really active in sports and other activities outside of our neighborhood. Just throwing it out there.
I have no doubt that an 18 year old who has his license can get his hands on drugs. No doubt.
Having said all of that, I know our family dynamic is different than theirs (wow - I really HOPE it is!) so who knows what went on inside that home. For 2 boys to kill their family just defies logic.
So something was off, but my main thought is....I just don't want people to blame homeschooling and perceived socialization without having more information.