. The culture of adolescence today contains elements that are so nasty that it becomes difficult for parents and professionals to distingutsh between what in a teenager's talk, dress and taste in music, films and video games indicates psychological trouble and what is simply a sign of the times. Most kids who subscribe to the trench-coated Goth lifestyle, or have multiple body piercings, or listen to Marilyn Manson, or play the video game Doom are normal kids caught in a toxic culture. But, ''Intelligent kids with good social skills can be quite skillful at hiding who they really are from their parents.(Garbarino, Pg.35) '' Teens and children may hide things from their parents to avoid punishment, to escape being identified as crazy, or to protect the parents they love from being disappointed or worried about them. Dylan Klebold successfully hid his inner turmoil from his loving parents. How many parents are capable of thinking the worst of their son? That he harbors murderous fantasies, or that he could actually go as far as acting them out? ''Even if parents know their child as an individual, they may not understand what he is capable of when in the company of another boy. Though it appears from public accounts that Eric Harris was more prone to violence that Dylan Klebold, neither kid was likely to go on this rampage alone(Garbarino, Pg.35)'' James Garbarino thinks many people are too ready to blame good parents for how their children cope with a violent coarse society. Even loving attentive parents can lose children who are tempermentally vunerable, if they develop a secret life, get caught up in the darkside of culture and form dangerous peer alliances. And that's scary for any parent to acknowledge.In order to interrupt and prevent further violence, the health care system can and should intervene. The fact is that most abused and neglected children never come to attention of authorities(Hopper, Pg. 1).Most intervention...
