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It is difficult to see Ms. Klebold blame her son's actions entirely on the concept of murder/suicide and mental health, while taking any blame off of her and her husband's parenting. Dylan's upbringing was spoken of as idyllic, with two parents who did everything right and provided a nurturing and emotionally stable home. The pros are that this documentary brings light to the importance of mental health being taught in young children and the movement underway to take this issue seriously. The cons are that this will dig a deeper wound for survivors of Columbine. No parent is completely free from their child's negative actions. Even watching the documentary, I am able to see some characteristics in Ms. Klebold that perhaps contributed to Dylan's actions. One of those characteristics is her uncanny ability to disassociate and deny reality. She has completely placed all blame entirely on society's failure to provide mental health education for children. Was Dylan suicidal? Yes. Did mental health contribute? Yes. Did a dysfunctional home contribute where emotions and reality were completely ignored and a mother was perhaps emotionally unavailable or who exhibited narcissistic personality traits? Most likely. Healthy families do not produce mass shooters. It is the truth, and if we want to be honest about mental health, then mental health needs to be addressed for the parents and the family unit too. You can have a completely healthy child who starts out with good mental health, and all it takes is one mentally unhealthy or narcissistic parent or close adult to completely change that child's trajectory.