"Long wrote the op-ed "I am Adam Lanza’s mother" two days after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, to allow herself to get help for her son. Now that Peter Lanza, the father of the shooter, has spoken out, she says she's so glad she did.
In November 2012, I happened to hear author Andrew Solomon on NPR, talking about Far from the Tree, his book on children who are different from their parents in profound and life-changing ways. “Must get this book now!” I texted to my fiancé, who sent me a nearly identical message. MORE America’s Healthiest Brain States Happy Daylight Saving: 6 Proven Steps To The Best Night’s Sleep You’ll Ever Have Here's An Updated Tally Of All The People Who Have Ever Died From A Marijuana Overdose Huffington Post These Disturbing Fast Food Truths Will Make You Reconsider Your Lunch Huffington Post See Inside Sarah Jessica Parker's NYC Brownstone! People We were both thinking about my son, whom I call Michael. In the later months of 2012, Michael’s behavior was increasingly erratic and violent. Because he was so disruptive, he was asked to leave a prestigious math and science academy and was transferred to a restrictive program for students with behavior problems. One morning, a simple request that he return overdue library books quickly escalated into my son making death threats against me. In December 2012, when Adam Lanza killed his mother, my then 13-year-old son was in an acute care psychiatric hospital. I was physically bruised from restraining him as he tried to run into traffic and emotionally exhausted as I realized I had few options to help my son. After more than eight years of searching for answers, we still didn’t know what was wrong with Michael."
http://time.com/18965/a-different-ending-to-my-adam-lanza-story/
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