This interview brings up many unknown characteristics of Dylan. When I think of a school shooter I usually think about an isolated kid with few friends who’s had a tough upbringing and somewhere along the way he has experienced a traumatic event in his life that has lead up to a massive shooting. However, in Dylan’s case he was different, his mother states that he was a shy likeable kid. They were hands on parents involved in most of his life. He was hard on himself when he didn’t do good and for the most part had good grades. They started noticing his change in mood, irritable, isolated, and lost interest in good grades, but they thought it was an adolescent phase. Now the mother of Dylan says that if she could do something different she would dig until she found out what was going with Dylan.
According to the documentary 15-20% of teenagers have considered suicide and every 95 minutes a young person can lose their life. According to the
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School shooting may be able to be prevented if parent’s start being more involved in their children’s life. Parents should be able to pick up changes in behavior and provide help to their children. Although, majority of mood swings and isolation during teenage years is just a phase parents should still let their children know they can help. Start by sitting down with them and asking open ended questions. You don’t necessary need answers all you need is for them to open up. Also, it’s important to let the proper authorities know when you hear or suspect something regardless of how small you might think that information is. I find it interesting that in Japan teenagers buy more video games than do teenagers in America. Some people may say that video games attribute to violence, but in Japan gun violence is not a problem like in America. It’s important to consider that culture plays a big part in many things. Also in America we have easier access to guns that in