Child Abuse: Why Do Children Kill Their Parents?

As you are reading the news papers and watching the news and CNN, you learn that there are children who kill their parents. You may be sitting there wondering why would a child kill his or her parents. You may be asking yourself “What is going on in this child mind that has caused them to act in such a way? Did his or her parents abuse them? Are they acting out for their friends?” The first thing you want to know is, why do kids kill their parents. Well according to USA Today, there is an article from 2008 titled: “Experts: Abuse often behind kids killing parents” (Amanda Lee Myers, Associated Press Writer). More than likely abuse could possibly be the number one reason of this kind of thing happening. The main question now is “why?” Child
No because you knew better and you were not abused. These children who kill their mom and dad’s are abused in some way, shape or form. The only thing they can do to stop the abuse is to get rid of their parents. Another question you may ask yourself is, Why don’t these children tell someone that they are being abused? If it were that simple, there would be so many more children alive today. There are many cases where abused children are found dead or where there are children act out the way they do in school. Do these abused children speak up about what they did to receive such abuse? Do they tell what happened to their parents when they are dead? “Heide has interviewed more than 150 children who either killed someone or tried to and consulted on hundreds more cases. As an internationally recognized authority on the topic, she is frequently summoned by attorneys as an expert witness in court to explain the inner workings of a child's mind” (Edecio Martinez). It is safe to say that Dr. Kathleen Heide understands the mind of an abused child and know how to help them out. In Edecico he said “She's talked to reporters about the Adam Walsh slaying and why the Menendez brothers would kill their millionaire parents. A British production company sought her out for a documentary about the 1974 killings in Long Island, N.Y., by Ronald DeFeo Jr. The 23-year-old's slayings of six members of his
To mark his displeasure, he threw oak logs at her; for amusement, he handcuffed her to a chair. Just as bad for the Tyler, Texas, girl was the sexual abuse. Her father would send her lewd Valentines -- "I would like your heart and I assume the rest of you will follow" read one message -- and give her "rubdowns." The agony culminated one evening when her father threw her against the wall, hitting her on the head over and over. He also beat her mother until she fell unconscious to the floor, then he threw Donna Marie out of the house. In despair, she returned and took a loaded revolver from her parents' nightstand. When her father came at her again, she shot him dead. Last February she was found not guilty of first-degree murder by reason of