Are we too busy to take the time out to care for our teenagers' emotional needs? Far too many teenagers are living in despair. I don't blame Salvador

Ramos; I blame America. You people created this.

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TinyViolins · 31-35, M

I agree completely, but more specifically than teenagers, young men in general. The world just ignores and avoids them and then we act shocked and horrified when they have emotional problems and grow to hate the world around them.

Even if it isn't about gun violence, look at crime figures, substance abuse, suicide rates, and online radicalization. It's mostly men, and in particular young men.

Empathy is a muscle, and if it isn't worked out then it atrophies. We gotta find a way to make these men care about the world around them, and the first place to start would be to show that the world cares about them.

RocktheHouse · M

@TinyViolins The world is a cruel place. It demands that you adhere to a set of standards and if you refuse or can't, you're an outcast. You can't even be yourself anymore. Individuality and self-determination are gone! Society has become so materialistic and so superficial. All of these teenagers have phones these days and in some of these bourgie communities, if you don't have the latest iphone, it's like you're considered low status. Where did teenagers learn this elitist behavior? From their elitist f***ed parents.

TinyViolins · 31-35, M

@RocktheHouse Crueler for some than for others. I believe a lot of mass shooters realize this and target the innocent in order to feel like they're levelling the playing field

Jenny1234 · 51-55, F

So many parents give up way too easily on their kids. Instead of getting them help they kick them out or send them off to live with relatives etc. Doesn’t solve the problem. Just moved it to a different location. Parents need to wake up