The massacre of 20 elementary school children and six teachers at the Sandy Hook school in Connecticut on December 14, 2012  continues to mystify psychologists and social workers. They and most people cannot explain what drove the killer to such wanton violence. He killed his mother some hours earlier that day and as police closed in on him he shot himself dead inside the school. His father said recently in an interview he wished his son had never been born.

What is it that brings out such horrific violence against innocent children? Perhaps anger at the injustice of being rejected unwanted and unloved. Was 20- year-old Adam Lanza  sexually abused as a child by unknown pedophiles.? Who can say? But one thing is certain. Rejected and abused children that suffer injustice can easily have a grudge and an abiding anger that can burst out in acts of violence as they grow to adulthood. The pain lingers and festers through childhood and can turn to hate and acts of revenge against perceived tormentors.

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