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[quote=Anonymous]I had heard about the story on the news but didn't know the details.  Obviously this is an extreme case, but I'm sure stuff like this goes on every night in dorm rooms across the country.  I think the worst part of it to me is that Dharun had so little respect for Tyler that he didn't even give him credit for being able to find his Twitter feed or realize that the webcam was on.

I can't stop thinking about how to keep my child from growing up to be like Dharun.  What scares me is that when I was that age, I don't know if I would have been much better.  I can't see myself being a ringleader like Dharun, but I think I could have been Molly.  The desire to be funny, well-liked, and "cool" at that age is so powerful at that age , and probably at its height during the first weeks of freshman year of college.  My parents are good people but I don't know how much we ever talked about this kind of stuff.  I wonder what I can do, from an early age, to make my kids 1) feel comfortable enough in themselves that they don't need to get attention at others' expense; 2) understand that even people who seem different are people and deserve respect; and 3) take responsibility when they have done something wrong instead of try to weasel out of it.

Anyone else thinking about this?     [/quote]

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