Commentary
When a tragedy involving the shooting of kids occurs, pundits race to their podiums bleating, “How could this ever happen? Guns should be outlawed; teachers should carry concealed weapons; and mental health care needs more money.” The list of “what we need to do’s” goes on and on.
I get it. These make sense and are clean talking points, but they miss something. They give neither understanding of the shooter’s behavior nor any viable solution. But the biggest elephant in the room always remains avoided. Our teens and young adult boys are in trouble—big trouble. And every one of us bears the pain of their trouble. If we simply look objectively at the life of a teen boy in America, it doesn’t take an astute mind to see what’s going on. There isn’t one singular problem leading boys to such a dark place, there are many….