You shouldn't be responsible for the actions of adult children

I've known parents that seemed to do everything right for their children, and the child still took a bad path. It happens. No matter what their son did, he was their son, and I am sure they would much prefer to not have to speak to reporters about it all. The son evidently made his choices, and sadly it costs lives. So very sad.

I completely agree with you. Unless the parents said,”Go commit this crime,” they are not responsible. And I haven’t seen any interviews, but I would imagine they are very distraught about this.

That is an invasion of privacy and disrespectful.

I don´t even accept grown up people who live with their aging parents and want to be fed and lodged by them.

I would think a parent would know if their child had mental issues long before he or she grew up to be that destructive which, to me, means they could have gotten that child the kind of medical care he or she needed before they became destructive.

While parents should not be responsible directly for the actions of the adult children, I think that they hold some responsibility for the way in which the children have been raised, and which surely must affect the way the children act in their adulthood, at least in some ways. Most psychologists still seem to claim that most adult problems arise from what happened in their childhoods. Each life ultimately bears its own responsibility for its actions, but stumbling blocks put on the path of children by anyone are the responsibility of the person doing so. Jesus Christ in the Christian Bible stated this too: "If any of you put a stumbling block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone were fastened around your neck, and you were drowned in the depth of the sea." "Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! Occasions for stumbling are bound to come, but woe to the one by whom the stumbling block comes!" Mathew, chapter 18, verses 6, and 7.

If an adult can no longer make their own decisions, someone else has to do it. In this case it was probably best his parents were the ones held accountable. But, it's still heartbreaking to think about.

Those poor parents are not responsible, the doctors who let him out are responsible of what happened. It is sad to see how reporters think "normal" to invade the privacy of a couple who has nothing to blame to themselves.

Such a tragic mess. I am sorry for those involved.

They can't be blamed in any way.

I'm sure there's nothing the parents could have done.

I feel for the parents. Sometimes, reporters are just horrible. This is a really sad story.

I agree with the title of your post. It's sad that the parents were held responsible. Nice photo.

very nice photo. i agree with you; parents, especially good ones shouldn't be responsible for their kids.

Aww that is so sad what happened to the victims and it is sad that the parents are being questioned and targeted when it is not their fault what their adult son did. Such a sad story all the way around.

Lovely photo. Yes leave the family out of it..so rude those reporters. It's not their fault.

I agree he is an adult who made the wrong choice. HIs parents are not responsible. But I do feel very bad for the parents.

Nope not the parents' fault if they did their best in raising their son. Now that other stabbing, in the church will have other parents just as upset. That one was so odd that this teen was arrested previously for a stabbing and let go for good behavior and then three years down the line went to stab the bishop and people at the church, Now in that case I say did the parents look to get help for the boy at the time of the first stabbing????

The press is so intrusive and half the time they don't print the facts and twist the story for more sales.

I feel the same way. It really bugs me when they harass the parents of adult children who comit crimes. The parents are often just as surprised and shocked as the rest of the world when their child does whatever they do. There was a story that made rounds a couple weeks ago here, where a 19 year old stabed and killed a homeless man, and his mother found the guys head and hands in trash bags in her sons room the next day or after some time. And the media was attacking the parents, they had no idea there son was capable of something. And watching the 19 year old talk to the investigators, the kid had no remorse and he knew exactly what he had done.