Adam Lanza's Dad Abandoned Family When They Needed Him Most
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What responsibility does a father have toward a mentally disabled son and a wife who may be sliding into paranoid insanity? Adam Lanza's dad believed that he could buy his way out of the problem with generous alimony payments and a perky new wife. I guess he was wrong.
Discussions about this tragedy should focus far more attention on the father, Peter Lanza. I do not say this because he's the only one still alive, but rather because his cowardice may have set this whole tragedy in motion. I don't know details of the divorce nor do I care to look for them. But what I do know is that Adam Lanza needed two parents. The father has explained in news reports that he and his son had been estranged for several years. You don't have to be psychic to guess why. Daddy walked out on him and his Mom, a woman who was clearly unable to cope with her troubled son alone. One report even suggests that she became a gun enthusiast after her husband left her.
It's too late for Peter Lanza. He cannot remake the decisions he made to leave a wife and troubled son, now that we can all see and weep over the consequences. But this should be a cautionary tale for any parent who thinks that he or she can slip away from family dynamics they helped to create and not have to pay in ways they never reckoned for.
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| School Shooter Adam Lanza |
Discussions about this tragedy should focus far more attention on the father, Peter Lanza. I do not say this because he's the only one still alive, but rather because his cowardice may have set this whole tragedy in motion. I don't know details of the divorce nor do I care to look for them. But what I do know is that Adam Lanza needed two parents. The father has explained in news reports that he and his son had been estranged for several years. You don't have to be psychic to guess why. Daddy walked out on him and his Mom, a woman who was clearly unable to cope with her troubled son alone. One report even suggests that she became a gun enthusiast after her husband left her.
It's too late for Peter Lanza. He cannot remake the decisions he made to leave a wife and troubled son, now that we can all see and weep over the consequences. But this should be a cautionary tale for any parent who thinks that he or she can slip away from family dynamics they helped to create and not have to pay in ways they never reckoned for.
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