If you haven’t already read this blog post, I urge you to do so.

I am sharing this story because I am Adam Lanza’s mother. I am Dylan Klebold’s and Eric Harris’s mother. I am James Holmes’s mother. I am Jared Loughner’s mother. I am Seung-Hui Cho’s mother. And these boys—and their mothers—need help. In the wake of another horrific national tragedy, it’s easy to talk about guns. But it’s time to talk about mental illness.

-The Anarchist Soccer Mom

This post also made me think of a book I read a few years back called We Need to Talk About Kevin. It’s worth a read — or, you can watch the movie, though I haven’t seen it.