A disturbing image

I will expect to see a lot of blogs today about Dawson. They will picture a dark image of a young man holding a gun and news of a horrific day in the life of young people in Montreal. I am a parent of one of those young people who saw fear in the faces of children running for their lives on TV and could do nothing for them.

Luckily my son who usually goes to Dawson on Wensdays to hang out in the Sci-Club and cajole with friends, decide to work overtime yesterday and was oblivious to horror that was taking part. My worries ended at 4:30 with a call from him asking for a lift home as it was raining. I feel for those that must visit their children today in Hospital and of those that must make plans no parent ever want s to face.

I must say that for me the demands of society not it's freedom is the root cause. The norm is not having a parent at home. Parents, to survive must now both work it is not easy to keep up with a child when you are busy solving the problems of bushiness much easier to throw money at the problem buy a new game get a new computer, give too much freedom with little guidance except to reprimand. Hugs and kisses seem to end When our young males get to a certain age. Suddenly they are suppose to come of age and be able to handle all society throws at them. Without the strong base of a parent always around. Kind understanding and parents that took the time to play and see what their child is doing perhaps might not have stopped what happened but certainly the sign might have been detected. I believe sometimes that tuff love is needed equally so are hugs and time with your children, more than a new PC or the latest large TV. All humans crave affection, the warmth of a mothers hug the approval of a Fathers gaze not bits and bytes or how large the idiot box is.

I feel for his parents of the young man that cold not control his fantasies but I feel that they did not help the situation. There is no school for parents and our parents were not perfect but most of time one of them were there. The one thing I feel that all children need is time with their parents and someone to guide them to the right choices. There is a joke that has come into circles now a days I shall not repeat it here just say it is about what would be the greatest punishment for a parent is to be locked away with their teenagers for an hour. Pretty sad statement for the intellectual society that we are suppose to be. What is the disturbing image that I spoke about , teenagers with credit cards and wads of money in malls without their parents.
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