Should Cho's parents gotten him help with his serious mental illness?

Question

Or were they deaf, dumb, and blind to his problems? Cho lived with his parents when he wasn't attending school and his mental problems were evident to other students, and teachers. IMO becuase of privacy laws the parents were the only one's that could have intervened and helped their son.

Answer 1

Cho probably didn't appear to have a problem at home. People like Cho are one way at home and act a different way in public. Cho probably talked a lot at home and was just a loner at school. Cho's parents were probably to caught up in working to make a living, and didn't realize his problems. I think that physcological intervention would not have made a difference anyway.

Answer 2

It might be a bit hard to understand. I think all of the mental illnesses are really terrible mental illnesses. I do not think the idea of them being Satanic helps at all. I realize that most of them are not actually curable even though they might be treatable or controllable. Some of the disorders are actually just really poor thinking strategies. Others are actual measurable biological disorders. I see quite a few people with serious manic and depressive episodes. The Bipolar thing. Those people seldom seem to live much past 40. They often end up as suicides or dead from living on the streets of our cities. I have also seen shizophrenics who were so far out of it that they could not tell what year they were living in. I think there are many disorders like clinical depression and low order Bipolar that are definitely under diagnosed in our society. The people are still quasi functional so they are never examined for the illness. Even when they are performing at borderline levels they are missed. Part of the problem is that it is just not recognized. If it was a broken leg the people around them would notice but since it is an invisible illness nobody notices. As a result they are untreated and stand a good chance of being the next suicide victim or mass murder rage killer. We need to quit tagging mental people with things like lazy or moody and start treating mental disease like any other major illness. Much more money into research and treatment. We have come a long way from when we believed in Demonic possession and religiously beat the devil out of the insane people. We have a bit further to go yet. atheist

Answer 3

Well I think that he should have been punished for stalking the person(s) back in 2005. If that had analyzed him then maybe he would have been locked in a padded room because he was really f**ked up in the head. Not to mention he's from a foreign country and with the way the president has messed up the U.S. and the way others look upon us, he shoudl have been under close watch. Then again if it was evident to his peers that he was a mental case then his parents should have noticed it to and I think they should have some of the blame in this because they didn't try to help their son who seems to have been screaming for help. So why don't we charge them with accessory to the crime? Isn't it their fault that there was nothing done to help their son? Oh well I'm just ranting now. But to answer your question, yes he's parents should have helped him and because they didn't they get to live with the guilt of helping murder 33 people.

Answer 4

ABSOLUTLY!!!!! While I feel sorry for them, I don't absolve them for what I consider to be their part in this horrible tragedy. They were his family, his support system, the people that loved him and cared about him. And where were they?? Where are they?? It wasn't the University's job to know he was sick. It wasn't the police's job either. It was their job!! I read that his parents called VT concerned that he was suicidal. They called?? Why weren't they down there attending to him if they were so concerned. Yes, some will say that he was an adult and therefore not the parent's responsibility. But get real people-- these problems didn't start when he turned 18. And unless they were living under a rock, they chose to ignore the problems and ship him off to VT. They screwed up -- and for that, they should, at the very least, own up to it.

Answer 5

I doubt his parents knew of the darkened school years. I find it ironic that some preppy kid's parents would be contacted if their daughter suddenly showed signs of severe mental depression, but not one teacher called Cho's parents. He was of another nationality, so it will maybe be considered discrimitory, but I doubt it. All of these people had many chances to make a difference, to approach Cho and be genuinely open and concerned for him. Even now, many people want to disassociate themselves from the likes of him. They say this had 32 victims and the killer as dead. There are 33 people. Nobody wants to accept the blame, but it is the American society which is to blame. There are many poor, less-than-loved children who are potiental Cho's, or potiental Donald Trumps.

Answer 6

Yes, I agree. I just read an article from a psychologist that in many culture's mental illness is ignored and they reject psychological treatments. But, also I think in any family that has mental illness it is hard for people to admit that my son or daughter or sister, brother may be mentally ill. Mental illness is very hard to deal with for a family and just like in alcoholism or drug addiction, denial is a part of it. I think we as a society need education on mental illness. Mentally ill people can live fairly normal lives with treatment and medications. But, someone has to try to help them and we as a society need to know how to help and where to refer them when we see problems starting.

Answer 7

I too would like to know!

They DID know about the problem.

The roommate said the mom on the way out after a visit pulled the roomie aside and said "HELP HIM."

The Dad said he left Korea because it was better to go to the U.S. and be unknown/invisible. How fooked up is that?

This kid was probably already a little weird and then with the obsessive successful sister, invisible parents and his own repressed frustrations .....

Also I bet you dollars to donuts that psych meds MADE him violent.

http://www.breggin.com/luvox.html

See that.

Answer 8

from what I've heard, he was hospitalized a while ago. because of privacy laws, the college probably didn't tell his parents. a parent of a college student can't ask about grades, let alone their mental health. hindsight is always 20/20.

Answer 9

I think they probably were good, hard-working people who just did not have a clue about his problems.

I agree that he might have acted differently with his family than outside his home.

They are reported to have been hospitalized with shock.

I don't think it is fair to blame them since he was at college and was old enough to be responsible for his own actions.

Answer 10

Yeah thats right blame the parents after the fact.

GEEZE