You gave birth to a girl. She’s nice, pretty and cute. She’s the most beautiful princess you’ve ever seen in your life. She grows up, and she’s your pride: she’s diligent, she’s obedient, and the other parents envy you. She took a degree, she’s socially active, she fights against domestic violence. But one day she met a violent man, who beats up her, who kills her and you, her parent, get desperated, and you wonder which is your mistake, why you couldn’t defend her, why you couldn’t teach her to defend herself.
You gave birth to a boy. He’s cute, he’s nice. He’s dynamic, vivacious, just a bit exuberant. He practice a lot of sport and physical activities, and this is the reason why he’ your pride, but exercising is not enough for him, because he’s still restless and polemic and argumentative, he thinks he’s different from the other boys, so he often argues with other guys and also with his girlfriend: he just argues, he states; he beats up her, his girlfriend says. But one day he exceeds the limits, he’s probably got drunk, but he suddenly kills his girlfriend. And you, his parent, get desperated, and you wonder which is your mistake, why you couldn’t stop him, why you couldn’t avoid such a monstrosity, why you couldn’t defend him by himself.
As a mother, I wonder: is there an educational path good enough to avoid that our children become another Reeva Steenkamp and another Oscar Pistorius?
(Yes, before any trial, I personally assume O.P. is guilty).
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