Bert, I have been thinking this through long before this Littleton incident (as an American parent, too) about the way families have come apart. I am sure you and many others are doing a fine job of parenting. I do think we need to address a real problem in our country with the lack of parental attention. It IS a problem, but not the only one. I am stating this from the perspective of having to be the only parent my son has known, and he is a kid who has never been in trouble. He has just recovered from having a broken collar bone, deliberately fractured by another student at school. And you are right, the school turned a blind eye, and basically swept the problem under the carpet. The school administration sits on the fence, playing 'see no evil', 'hear no evil'.