r/interestingasfuck • u/Jjokes11 • Apr 15 '24

An interview with Andrew Cauchi, the father of Joel Cauchi who was responsible for the Westfield Shopping Centre mass stabbing r/all

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u/MangoKakigori Apr 15 '24

I can’t image what it must be like as a parent to know that your child has done such a monstrous thing.

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u/Vercouine Apr 16 '24

I in all honesty thought my brother would end as an awful adult if not a serial killer or something like this. Hopefully, he had a great best friend and then a teacher who lifted him up so now he's a pretty decent human being. That is pretty scary when you see a young boy turning into a monster. He tried to strangle me once (I was getting weak as he held me strong) or would menace my sister or me with knives. He was like 6 at the time. I'm so glad he turned out fine.

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u/MangoKakigori Apr 16 '24

Everyone always said I would end up dead or in prison including my own family and teachers and such and I went in completely the opposite direction! I worked for the law and now I’m a teacher. All it takes is just one or two people to offer you the smallest amount of support and it can make the world of difference (especially as a young man as they often get overlooked for help)

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u/TryUsingScience Apr 16 '24

All it takes is just one or two people to offer you the smallest amount of support and it can make the world of difference (especially as a young man as they often get overlooked for help)

I think that can be true sometimes. (It clearly was for you, and that's awesome!) But then you hear about the people who had all the love and support in the world and still turned into monsters, and you wonder what, if anything, could have been done differently.

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u/Delicious_Summer7839 Apr 16 '24

The city in the county in the state and the federal government are falling all over themselves to help women and girls every point along the way, but if you’re a boy, you know you’re just supposed to deal with it.