At the time of writing this piece, the United States has already experienced more than 100 mass shootings this year. That works out at roughly 11 mass shootings—involving three or more victim fatalities in a single incident—every week.
What is going on? Some, of course, will point to the ease of access to firearms. However, just because someone can access a firearm easily doesn’t mean that they would choose to use it to take their own life or the lives of others. There is obviously something much bigger at play.
Could it have anything to do with dysfunctional parenting practices and an obsessive desire to isolate children from the realities of the world?…