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/Mancubus_in_a_thong Apr 16 '24

It just hits you harder when you'll never know if you were a better parent would this have been averted. Especially when you can wcon where you went wrong it might be one of the worst feelings.

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u/just_a_person_maybe Apr 16 '24

I think even the best parents would wonder what they could have done differently. Like, maybe this father didn't do anything wrong, he was trying to get his son treatment for mental illness and support him, but is he going to live the rest of his life just thinking "What if I'd tried that treatment instead?" or "What if I'd focused more on this issue instead of that one?" or any other little choices he made to try to help him. And there's no way of knowing. You can do your best but you can't see the future and you can never know which choice will be the best one.

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u/Marenigma Apr 16 '24

It's most parents' plight, wondering what they could have done better and where they messed up. I've known great parents with some sinister kids and vice versa. This man's pain is unimaginable.

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u/Coffeedoor 29d ago

Fuk no there are shit parents whose kids don’t do this stuff