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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I learned:

1) If my child seems off, I am calling the authorities right away and any use of STAN, I'm calling authorities.  I'm not waiting 2 weeks for report missing.

2) I am not going to allow anger to fill my life if my child is murdered.  I'm going to try to allow forgiveness and empathy to fill my life instead.  I'm definitely not going to blame the parents of the murderer for their child's sins.

3) if my child commits a crime or I'm suspicious of them committing murder, etc, I am not going to allow them back to my home.  They can go to the police and surrender or run away but do not get me involved.  I will not be a part of it and allow it to ruin my life.

4) the justice system sucks -- silence should not be a right but instead anything you say should not be used against you so you don't need to be silent.  That way, honest people who make mistakes are rewarded.  Like if Brian knew that he'd get 5 years for accidental murder if he went to the police on August 27 but life if he stayed silent, this wouldn't have happened.

I guess you don't have young adults in your life. They literally don't contact you and you have no control. 
5) we need to teach DV in public schools like we teach sex ed, drug use, etc -- children should recognize it and stay away from it, and perpetrators should get help asap to stop the cycle.

It's been a traumatic two months for many of us as we've relived our own abuses so I'm glad it has come to an end and I hope something good will come out of it. [/quote][/quote]

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