Everyone has an opinion on matters which disturb our souls so I
must chime in on the sixteen year old Vincent Parker who was recently sentenced
for killing his parents in December 2013 – less than a week away from Christmas.
Some believe the killings were due to academia meltdown since he was an
honor student. I am sure his parents encouraged him to strive for excellence.
Some believe it was lack of discipline because he could not handle having
his iPod taken away by his father. He retaliated because he lost
access privilege for disobedience of some sort. He claimed it stemmed from
his father taking his iPod and stuff, but never admits to why it was taken. It is the “and stuff” which concerns me. He is so cunningly smart, yet he is unable to
articulate the exact reason for his rage leaving family to speculate while in
mourning. I say this was a premeditated act
because this MAD CHILD thought about this all day, plotted how to take his
parents down, came home angry, waited for his mother to get out of the bathe,
smashed her face beyond recognition, left the house then returned (obviously
gone through the rites of passage of learning to drive, obtaining a driver's
license, or well on his way to) to wait for his father's return and repeat the
hideous crime. A True psychotic ingrate! Whatever happened to
'honor thy father and thy mother’? Why do teens think parents don't
understand, but will follow a total stranger? As parents we are guardians
over our children which mean we guide and prepare them to rightfully take their
place in society while protecting them from all harm. We provide a safe haven for you to develop
and mature and in the process we shall sometimes say NO, to your requests and
desires for good cause – we are trying to protect and guide you from a grave
mistake. Trust us enough to know that we only have your best interest in
mind. Vincent Parker did not trust his parent’s judgment and brutally
murdered them for (speculative speaking) rejecting him coming out as gay.
What caught my attention is the fact that
he came out as gay. Society is pushing this banner 'it's okay for teens to
be gay' and many people do not believe that to be so. Such a banner confuses
our children even more so and by them experimenting with emotions that one has
not yet learned to obviously control always leads to disaster. Vincent Parker
had experienced the 'ultimate temper tantrum' that ended THREE people lives.
Wayne & Carol Parker, his parents are gone from this earth forever and he
shall never come to recognize his potential or experience the life his parents had
imagined and planned for him. Well
prison life is not a walk in the park as Vincent shall come to learn for all
those privileges he felt entitled to have been revoked and his future
experiences of being gay shall be a rude awakening.
Spare the rod spoil the child is how I was
raised, but I learned from other siblings discipline as well as my own.
Parents believe that they must give their children every opportunity they
were denied or failed to experience, but when we give our children everything
it stifles their growth and cripples them to believe they do not have to work
for anything and that they are entitled. It makes them believe they have
a right, when in actuality they are given far too many privileges and they become
ungrateful. They take advantage of our kindness. Parents must make
changes, cut back on giving kids so many things; make them work for some of
those items and avail them to some humbling experiences like volunteering at
shelters, nursing homes, hospitals and other humbling causes which will build
their character while they make a positive difference in the lives of less
fortunate.
