Or tries. It gives me no pleasure to say it. I don’t do so from a place of hate or despising men. It’s not hyperbole either.

Look, it my daughter demonstrated depression and suicidal ideation I WOULD NOT blow it off as teenage angst. She’s telling me, forthright where she’s at. That’s a precious gift a lot of parents don’t get. I would assume, and rightfully so, that if the situation is not addressed, then sooner or later she will try or get into other trouble (drugs, alcohol) trying to deal with it on her own.

This boy has expressed both a contempt for and ambivalence for consent. He’s expressed a deep and profound belief that sex is owed to him and has no idea of the purpose and nature of dating. You really think he’s just going to grow out of that without a major intervention? It shouldn’t be on some unsuspecting girl to set him straight while in a vulnerable position when his parents know right here right now where his head is at just because it’s hard to consider or think your child might be capable of this level of harm.

He’s given his parents a gift. He’s told them forthright where he’s at in his head. They should act on that gift and act decisively now.

There’s a lot of parents out there who’s first clue that something is really wrong is a cop on their doorstep, a request to come down to the station, an escort to the morgue, etc.

Reality check. Parenting is more worry, grief, and hard hard work than it is Kodak moments.