I believe the parents both left the Columbine area, and possibly the state of Colorado. 5 feet 6.5 inches tall, 135-140 pounds. It's far more complicated than a matter of discipline. in CJ 725, Tagged: columbine, mass murderer, mental illness, school shootings. Sue had no idea it was a life-and-death situation. "This was murder," he said. Indeed, R96. When the clerk told him "Hey, your clips are in." Just as the son's evil made people go back and re-evaluate his dad, discovering examples like the time Poppy sabotaged his opponent's sail boat the night before the race; one wonders if one should investigate more closely the dealings of the Harrises. His parents knew this, though not the extent of it. When it came to intervention, these people had no idea what they should have been doing. Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, walked into Columbine High School with shotguns, automatic weapons, and homemade pipe . 6. Psychiatry has long attacked outsiders of all kinds, including gays, while not saying a word about society. I say this as a person who worked as an assistant to special needs kids for years. The big trifecta of psychopathology. We've hardly seen him & attempts to engage him have been futile. Dylan Klebold's father contacted authorities, saying the boy might be involved and offering to help, Jefferson County District Attorney Dave . I cannot have my uzzer patrons being upset. Wayne & Kathy Harris are the parents of infamous Columbine HS shooter, Eric Harris. Virginia Tech. He was also very close friends with the killers. But Sue and her husband didnt know what the signs they were seeing meant. , What was the deadliest school shooting? Were not qualified to sort this out. The two would . LITTLETON, Colo., April 24 - The parents of Dylan Klebold, one of the teenage shooters in the Columbine High School massacre, said goodbye to their dead son . [quote]I can't believe Oprah canceled her Columbine show today. We are not violent.I would never do a shooting even though I work in an office with a bunch of former jocks and homecoming queens that haven't changed since they left school and are still as awful now as they were then. Dylan's mother, Sue Klebold, confirmed to radio host Terry Gross on "Fresh Air" Tuesday that she is Jewish, and her now ex-husband, Dylan Klebold's father, is Lutheran, and said her son . . Did those kids talk about this? That's why Dylan got one for Christmas 99, it was Tom's way of finding something to bond with with Dylan. And he's not pulling a lot of punches about the media saturation either, and doesn't let the Rocky off the hook. Am I supposed to be impressed by dates, VOTN? If someone read my journals as a teen, youd assume my Mom and I would have killed each other by now, but now we are pretty close. Answer (1 of 2): His mother has (admirably, if belatedly) committed herself to educating people on how to spot the signs of malignant tendencies in their children in an effort to help separate real danger signs from "normal" teen BS. Not only had Dylan experienced bullying in school, his school fit some of the factors that meant it was most at risk for a shooting by ignoring certain behaviors and otherwise unevenly enforcing the rules. If I didn't know that I would have done the same. While Id argue that violent media doesnt cause people to act violently if theyre not otherwise inclined, it seems Dylan was vulnerable to the violent games and movies he consumed outside the home. So we're back to Pavlov and Skinner. I do find it odd that you'd characterise your 17 year old son as your 'best friend' anyway, you're his father. It may have hurt him. I got picked on a lot and dealt with a lot of shit from the "jocks" and the "cool kids." On April 20, 1999, when Sue Klebold heard about a shooting incident at Columbine High School, her thoughts immediately turned to her 17-year-old son, Dylan, who was a senior there. As the son of a geophysicist father and a mother who worked with the disabled, his upper-middle-class upbringing and well-meaning family didn't seem like contributing factors to his eventual killing spree. It is absolutely the parents vault. I'd add that Tom watched the basement tapes and even after seeing them first-hand, stated something to the effect of 'see he didn't want to do it' (I'm paraphrasing here). VOTN, they used to think blood-letting and reading the bumps on people's head was science, too. Sue Klebold is the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the two shooters who committed the Columbine High School massacre, murdering 12 students and a teacher. Sue provides details that help us address some of the other considerations as well. If only we would have asked the right questions." When I moved out on my own I gained the privacy afforded to adults. Press J to jump to the feed. This thread is going to hell in jig time if it turns into the all-too-familiar "they were running up and down the aisles and that caused Columbine!!!" - You're all over this shit aren't ya? Hers was a love as dark and true, as embracing and self-abnegating, as Cordelia's. On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, seniors at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., placed . ", Eric: (eventually) "That's it. WOuldn't one of the friends have felt him a little bit off, at the least? Theyd never seen his rage, nor ever felt scared of him. Everyone ones there to be one systemic cause, one thing that failed, to point to and say "there, that's why this happened." While in class we have made abundantly clear that most people with mental health issues are non-violent, Dylans depression and suicidality fits the school shooter pattern. Also when I was growing up, people had no qualms about calling a parent and saying "Your little boy Johnny said something really awful to my son today." or "Your little Janey slapped Susey today and she needs to stop doing that." In the April 24 column, Brooks had paraphrased an article in the online publication Slate that said Harris and Klebold yearned to become the most prolific mass murders in history. Harris was a "budding psychopath, a person without a conscience," he said. Most of you posters here are complete idiots and voiceofthenight is the biggest moron of them all. They made sure to know who their kids were spending time with, and made sure they knew and felt that they were loved. How they could live with themselves is beyond me. [quote]Am I supposed to be impressed by dates, VOTN? You teach them to recognize triggers that exacerbate symptoms. His grades fell to average. Dave Cullen, in a radio interview that I've been listening to, is very quick to point out that psychopathy doesn't equate automatically with murder. And even then we may never uncover the truth. Don't believe me? YOU SHOULD NOT STOP ME FROM EXPRESSING MY OPINION!!!!! He started getting in trouble, and complained of how certain groups of kids were ruthless bullies, yet the school did nothing to stop them. But perhaps he/she IS a charter member of the Reb&VoDKa fan club - and you're just going to IGNORE it? Kids do know about their frineds. He was enrolled in a program for juvenile offenders run by the county court, he was taken to a psychiatrist and given both therapy and medication. Based on what I've read so far, he's working off the assumption that Klebold was a depressive with self-destructive tendencies (he mentions suicide over and over in the journal kept for two years prior to the incident), and that Harris was a full-blown psychopath. In a video-diary-style recording, Dylan stated his parents had been good to him. Isaiah's father said. Parents are not automatically responsible for the behavior of their teenage children. The Harrises moved away almost immediately. Yodack is a website that writes about many topics of interest to you, a blog that shares knowledge and insights useful to everyone in many fields. Asking how points the way forward, and shows us what we must do. Dylan Klebold, along with Eric Harris, shot and killed 13 people and injured 20 at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. . Hail Reb &VoDka!!!!!!!!! . A Further Examination: Sue Klebold's case study of her son, Dylan Klebold. After-hours phone calls to Times officials were not returned, and Brooks did not immediately respond to an e-mail request for comment. Dylan has been so reclusive. Dylans parents were hands-on parents who limited the intake of television and sugary cereals. My mom and I have always thought that my brother is one "snap" away from ending up hurting someone and/or in jail. Can you imagine having one of those monsters as your brother? Just know I'm going to a better place. His parents were both born in Colorado but while he was working in the Air Force as a transport pilot, Wayne Harris held 11 . ", Eric: (shrugs) "My parents might have made some mistakes that they weren't really aware of. Wayne worked as a transport pilot for the United States Air Force, while . I read a lot of opinions on Eric and his dad Wayne. ", Dylan: (talks about how his parents taught him to be independent and self-reliant) "I appreciate that.". For a couple reasons. Describes how eric harris and dylan klebold approach columbine high school, in jefferson county, colorado. She hyped it up as a must see and an insight to what really happened. Several phone callers to the Jewish News have . Thank you! He felt a need to be in control. Sue acknowledges that before Columbine, she would have reacted to news of some horrific act by wondering what that persons parents must have been like to allow someone to turn out like that. I've linked an article from Nature magazine about it. Apologies in advance if this question has already been answered. These are all great examples of Tom's relationship with Dylan. That doesn't make them monsters. I was in high school at the time. Age : 36. Jesus, what a loathsome pair of people. There was a documentary on Netflix or somewhere in which she t. We've never left. See? Focus on the mental. Great job! There is every likelihood that not a single teacher at Columbine cared enough to pay attention or, even if they did, knew enough to know what danger signs to look for. 04-20-1999 Died. Eric Harris was an American murderer from Wichita, Kansas. He had friends, but felt as if he were a burden; he wanted love, but the girl he was interested in didnt know he existed. You shouldn't attack people for the actions of their offspring. ". Every parent has flaws and every parent makes mistakes, but to me they mostly come across as a very normal family like there are millions all over the world. As much as it sucked I knew deep down that it was just a stage and that it wasn't real. German-American restaurant owner: "You vill not be a mass murderer!" 9-11-1981 -- 17 year old son of Mr. Thomas Klebold (then 52) and Mrs. Susan (Yassenoff) Klebold (then 50), younger brother to Byron (21 at the time). How are parents supposed to know everything that goes on in their children's minds? I couldn't put the book down, and even though I thought I knew the ending of the story, or at least most of it, I have to admit, the last couple of chapters, specifically the one detailing the Basement Tapes, and the one about what had happened leading up to Harris and Klebold committing suicide were fucking frightening. FULL DOCO - PT 2 OF 3, 2. . We didnt realize it until after the end, Tom Klebold said. Oprah asked the teachers to describe Harris/Klebold, the teachers talked about how they didn't fit in, wore trenchcoats, seemed troubled and dangerous, and so on. Klebold attended the high . And then later on, how was he able to conceal his mental state so successfully? WTF?!? When you think about it, in his journals he didn't have too much positive to say across the board. . You can criticize psychiatry without being a Scientologist. Those kids were their responsibility legally. I've met members in USA, UK, Norway, Sweden,Germany,Brazil, Chile, Ireland, India and the Bahamas. According to a report in the Denver Rocky Mountain News, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office was supplied with evidence a year ago that "Eric . The second of the Columbine killers, Dylan Klebold was a "born genius" who, despite a sensitive disposition, experienced explosions of rage (most often brought on by failure or humiliation,) suicidal tendencies, a disdain for the "zombie"-like human race, and a suggestibility upon which the psychopathic . ", "R77, there are people who don't have feelings.". Dylan Klebold's mother: 'I felt I was a good mom'. Nothing taken care of that I needed him to do (like take care of the cats). From what we cam tell, the Harris family took a laissez-faire attitude towards Eric. Im going to start by reviewing what Bartol & Bartol (2017) have to say about school shooters (and shootings) as a group, though they also state there is no single school shooter profile. The recruiter cold-called him. VOTN needs to get a clue. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. "They believe that what they call the "toxic culture" of the school the worship of jocks and the tolerance of bullying is the primary force that set Dylan off. As I often do, Ill leave the author the last word on why understanding the process her son went through is important: Dylan was vulnerable in many ways unquestionably emotionally immature, depressed, possibly suffering from a more serious mood or personality disorder. Kids hide things. (They werent.) Coni Sanders, whose father, Dave Sanders, a . The prom was the standard affair. . Attention was paid. I must say, that rings true to me Id personally say it was because I was so self-sufficient and trustworthy as a child that my parents had no idea when I was going through (relative) difficulty in adolescence. Few more places I can't think of now. I could have built an atomic bomb in my bedroom and they wouldn't have known or cared. The Klebolds attorney, Gary Lozow, told The Denver Post the Klebolds had no plans to grant any other interviews. We are not there yet. If that;s the case, why did he have so many friends? No one could control him. And while his father was the epitome of the military asshole, having to deal with him only served to hone Eric's skills in fooling people. People that want to pretend that the parents were just innocent distant bystanders who had no responsibility for anything that happened are repulsive. It is actually a lot of conformist bunk to serve the status quo. Their teenage son, along with his classmate Dylan Klebold, killed 12 students and a teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999. People need to understand this could have happened to them, he said. Plus the drug industry makes a profit. Dylan was remembered as a Cub Scout who attended church with his family. "He got his satisfaction by dominating." Susan Francis Klebold ( ne Yassenoff; born March 25, 1949) is an American author and activist. [quote]No, they hated the gay boys almost as much as they hated the jocks. I mean, I purposefully avoided everything except a quick glance at the CNN and MSNBC frontpages, but they had stories about the anniversary pretty front and center. Tom and I failed to recognize these conditions and to curtail the influences violent entertainment, his friendship with Eric that exacerbated them. It's always about management. multiple newspapers and media outlets in the days after reported dylan and his father having the kind of relationship where, when dylan would come home from school, they would share a snack and read the sports section of the newspaper together. I honestly do believe (and so does mom) that his brain has been rewired primarily by a head injury he sustained when he was just toddling. "He said, 'One of the boys my son shot said Dylan was a nice kid,' " Berg says. His father, who had been in the military, was strict with Eric, and actions in that house had consequences. So he called me and offered to go to the school in hopes of negotiating with Dylan. Join date : 2014-02-11. Spelling aside, Eric Harris had turned 18 about a week prior. Dylan wrote an essay about a school shooting that disturbed his teacher enough that it was referred to the school counselor. Those kids were their responsibility legally. Growing up in Ohio, she had a mixed religious upbringing with her Christian mother and Jewish father. The problem, Cullen concludes, was that there is almost nothing that can be done to help psychopaths. -- b. Subject: Re: Dylan's house google earth Tue May 10, 2016 10:18 pm. Let's set aside the pipe bomb issue and Eric's scrapes with the law for a moment and ask why they weren't more involved with their kid. Teachers have no training in mental disorders or warning signs. In 1997 Wayne Harris, Eric's father, started logging all of his son's problems. They are rare. While I was able to share the manner by which she communicated her ideas and insights, I wasnt able to actually share those insights and ideas. He has always been excessively cruel to animals (he even shot and killed his own dog because it barked), obsessed with weapons, "charmingly" manipulative of adults, a pathological liar, disdainful of other people and abusive to them and VERY quick to anger. It didn't seem to slow down the ordinary media train. I'm a true follower of Reb &VoDka. Ericx92s parents, too, did what parents do. Eric's parents were both born in Colorado but while his father Wayne Harris was working in the Air Force as a transport pilot, Wayne held 11 different positions at six different bases in Ohio . There are several theories but there is not one definition. By the time of the shooting, facing his intense feelings of alienation, she says his journals show the only emotions Dylan could connect to were anger and hopelessness. It would be satisfying to blame the parents. In my opinion, what went on in their home led to Columbine.. Eric . Do you think Dylans dad could embarrass him as a child in front of other people or humiliate him in other ways that could result in Dylans low self esteem or was Dylan naturally shy? I can handle them "spending too much time on the killers", but unfortunately I recognize there are too many whackjobs in this country who would just see it as glorification. But they confess that in the main, they have no explanation. She also spent a lot of time conferencing with my teachers to know how well I was doing in school and she was interested in my assignments. Some folks do indeed work from very primitive brain impulses. Oprah asked the teachers to describe Harris/Klebold, the teachers talked about how they didn't fit in, wore trenchcoats, seemed troubled and dangerous, and so on. As a reporter scribbled, Hooker reconsidered. Sue Klebold's son was one of the shooters in a mass killing at Columbine High School 19 years ago. I hated her for a few years but its not a clear depiction of the totality of our relationship. Not to cure it, to manage it. My parents didn't know anything I did, didn't care,and were happy if I stayed invisible. I kind of admire that. Its hard to tell. I shudder to think what kind of excuses you make for YOUR spawn's horrific behavior, R62. I am certain that Sue no longer lives there but she still does visit the house as two Columbiners took a Columbine/E &D tour" in Jan .or Feb and saw Sue outside the house as they drove by. Bedwetting, firesetting and cruelty to animals. VERIFY: In the past 20 years did the majority of mass shooters take psychotropic drugs? I recently watched the documentary Raising Adam Lanza, and, though it wasnt as detailed, there were some interesting overlaps between Adam and Dylan. "Susan said, came when somebody said, "I forgive you for what you've done." Really just the gerden variety sociopath stuff? . I certainly understand how they feel. Find it interesting Tom would say he was Dylan's best friend. This girl went on screaming for full minutes at a time - nobody came out of the house and told her to be quiet. I just wanted to apologize to you guys for any crap this might instigate as far as (inaudible) or something. Now everybody expects the schools to fix everything for them. In the vacuum of actual news, they just start over again. Adding to the tragedy: Six months after Hochhalter's wounding, her mother, Carla, took her own life. Even still, he seemed happy and had a handful of close friends. so it seems that they had a pretty solid relationship from what has been released. Dylan Klebold's father, is Lutheran, and said her son . From her comment on her official website, she felt it was disrespectful to focus on the killers when today should be all about the victims. There was a creepy thread started by a sociopathic OP a couple of weeks ago where this was discussed. r109 is quick to dismiss r108 as a "troll". My own experience is that my gifted teacher dragged me out of sporting events because they weren't academic enough, encouraged my teachers to assign me extra work that the other kids didn't do, and basically didn't understand teenagers, high school, or what it was like to be ostracized at all. They crowned a queen, they crowned a king. In the days after Dylan Klebold along with Eric Harris shot and killed 12 students and one teacher and then himself at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, his mother, Sue Klebold, remembered . Second, the reason no one at the school noticed is because no one is ever trained to notice. Wayne & Kathy Harris' son is widely seen as the . "Mrs. Klebold had her hair done the day after the shooting". (21 at the time). Eric Harris was 17 and a hottie. Sue Klebold broke down in tears as she remembered the funeral of her son Dylan. Wayne - who owned guns himself - told the clerk he hadn't ordered any clips. As Dylan entered adolescence, he became a bit more complicated. Eric Harris was beyond needing a therapist. The teachers at Columbine all seemed incredibly disengaged. Dylan seems to have been a very unhappy person. Victim's parents reactThe Klebolds comments was criticized late Saturday by some of the victims parents. Sorry if I can't be interested in something without arousing your ire. Eric's also wearing a plaid shirt that's either dark blue or black with white, with a white t-shirt on underneath. Dang, I'm unemployed and I wanted to watch today's Oprah about Columbine. Is that correct? His parents were Wayne and Katherine. Other way around. He was a sociopath and needed drugs and a really good psychiatrist. Apparently his meds caused an issue with a military enlistment, but wouldn't a caring parent sit down with their kid and figure out a Plan B? I knew it wasnt nearly so simple (p. 146). They do not have a moral center that can be reached. ", Eric "If only we would have searched their room. Sue Klebold, mother of Columbine shooter Dylan Klebold, poses for a portrait on Feb. 23, 2016. Harris was born in Wichita, Kansas, on April 9, 1981. These incidents happen because the majority of people choose to look the other way if a kid seems a little off. [quote]He had been in a gifted child program, and you'd think they'd have some type of monitoring since kids who are that advanced frequently have problems. Bull fucking shit. Tom seemed in complete denial. Posted 3 years ago I don't believe that Tom and Sue were annoying parents. A Further Examination: Sue Klebolds case study of her son, Dylan Klebold, Trauma and Suicide within Law Enforcement, Mental Health and Mass Murders: The Connection between Trauma and School Shootings, Mental Health Treatment in Correctional Facilities, Forensic Behavior Analysis: Self Care in the CJ Field, Trauma in Female Juvenile Inmates and Delinquents. Or it's everything. . That's not contrition, it's a final fuck you to the world. Are any of Robert Hare's books of interest, if you know? The school shooting took place on April 20, 1999 at . He's wearing a plaid shirt, either dark blue or black with white; the shirt's untucked. She went to Ohio State University where she dated Tom. Sue Klebold. COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL massacre - WikiVidi Documentary. To be clear, I'm sure the Klebold's obviously loved their children, but reading Dylan's writings, there was more going on in that home that Sue would say today. He still was the boy his parents joked seemed to be on autopilot (p. 65), but Sue notes that this may have been particularly dangerous in his case.
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