Parents Who Raised or Produced a Killer!

I am sure that the parents are horrified that their son turned out the way he did. I am sure that they did all they could in trying to raise a good child, but no matter how they tried to stop him from throwing the kitten in the pond, by hitting their little brother or sister with a rock, by blackmailing the other children, or by screaming and throwing a violent tantrum that hurt someone, that child may have been a bad seed. We are all born with the ability to commit horrible crimes, but God in HIS mercy restrains us. And one of HIS restraints is to put in part of our brain a section that tells right or wrong. However, sometimes through an accident in the birth canal or elsewhere like an accident that damages the brain, the child becomes a psychopath. then there is also that the parent raises him like one, as in the case of Ma Barker. It could be both, but then the ones that raised their children to be killers would feel no remorse, only the parents who raised their children proper and they turned bad.

Hello lelin those heinous crimes were not only happening in your country but also in place. That includes raping children and even sexagenarians. These crimes never happened before if we look back decades back. It is horrifying to think. Even in our own backyard are no longer safe to stay. There are lots of factors that contribute to this situation. This happens mostly on third countries or developing nations that has higher rate on unemployment. Some are due to bad and poor development of the children in their neighborhood or shall we say depends on the environmental upbringing of the children that they carried on and on until their adulthood.And, the "legacy" lives on. What the bad doings of the parents that were seen by the children would most likely right for them (the children). I think each of our government would find ways to prevent this to avoid the worst scenario that might be coming in our next generations... Every parents should be aware of this... Thanks for this topic...this is interesting one...keep it up..

I don't believe that any parent raises their kids to be assassins or serial killers. I don't believe that it is in the genes or the environment either. Al though if a person tends toward being a killer the environment can become a factor. Sometime something just goes wrong with the wiring in the brain. sometime kids raised in the best environments go wrong and a lot of kids raised in poor environments turn out very well. The parents of Major Nidal Malik Hasan were very up set at what their son did and they apologized for him. Alla parent can do is raise their kids the best they know how and hope for the best. After that it is up to the kids.

I read a story by a mother of child who went on a shooting rampage in his school while family had no clue, Its a heart warming story and really makes you think, it could be me in her shoes. It has been ten years and mother is still trying to find out what went wrong and has turned herself over to preventing any more such incidents. read the story here http://www.oprah.com/article/omagazine/200911-omag-susan-klebold-columbine Do read it and tell me what you think.

although these parents may have raised the child to know good and evil, everyone is responsible for their own actions once they reach adulthood. i am sure the parents regret what the child has done but telling a child what to do in every single step of their lives isnt right either.

Hi lelin! I think that mental illness is genetic and I also think that abuse and neglect can create a monster. I also think that at some age there comes a choice where you can't really blame the parents anymore. I think that the parents of these kind of people are devastated. I think that their idea of what they were going to be and what they become are two very different things.

I think that upbringing and environmental factors play a role in the shaping of these individuals, but, I also think there is a sinister outside evil present that perpetuate these person to go "Postal". Everyone should stop and think how we treat each other,we all must find ways to make our world more hospitable for all people regardless of race or ideology, and the goal should be to find the truth and understand, why? So many people take this route to resolved a problem. My hopes and best wishes goes out to the victims and their families. ...

It's difficult to say at times what exactly caused these individuals to become who they are. In some cases, I must agree that the parents are partly responsible for making their children become who they are. However, I don't think that this is the case for all of them. There are other things, which affect them. There are times, when the parents actually aren't responsible in turning their child into a criminal, a murder, or something like that. The society and environment that they grow up definitely has an effect on these individuals, as it is the case for all of us. The society and environment that we grow up affect who we become, for better or for worse. There are so many things that determines who we become in the end.

I personally think it all begins at home. I feel the way children grow up to act is how they are raised.

I have often wondered how not only the parents, but whole families cope with having a killer as a member. Would you think back about everytiem you were with that person and if you missed some type of feeling or actions that just might have changed their history. That's what I would do especially right at first. It's hard to accept that there is some necessary reason that they did what they did and that there is also some reason you are part of a killers life.

It might be a little bit of both. It's so awful, I know! I imagine it's very hard on their parents. Some of them are probably to blame for the way their children turn out. However, I'm sure there are others who tried to raise their hildren right. They are probably heart broken. Kathy.

I would think that probably the parents of these killers and murders would be so embarrassed, but no matter what if they are normal parents, it wouldn't matter what they're child did, although they have murdered people, they would stand by them. I know if I were a parent (I'm not, but if I were) I would be disappointed and embarrassed. But I wouldn't shun out my child or anything. I don't think that it is in the genes, but maybe it could be environmental and how they were brought up and raised. How they were raised and were they were raised. How their parents brought them up and stuff like that.

Sometimes it's the fault of the parents. Sometimes, it isn't. There are many cases where killers are the product of an abusive and unhappy childhood. That's the easiest explanation. What scares me the most though is when they came from a perfectly normal childhood. There are some who come from good homes but somehow they turned into monsters, in spite of how well their upbringing was. That, to me, is scarier because it just doesn't make any sense.

I can't say what makes a killer - probably a combination of upbringing and society. Sometimes parents have a direct effect- child abuse, neglect, deviant behavior themselves. Sometimes they don't. I would think that you would love your child regardless of what they did simple because it's your child - you own flesh and blood. But then I guess if you neglected or abused your child you wouldn't care.