[BostonCard]

http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-framed/#chapter1

Unfortunately, one of the bad guys in the story is an alum.  Still, I couldn't stop reading.

BC

[BostonCard]

http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-framed/#chapter1

Unfortunately, one of the bad guys in the story is an alum.  Still, I couldn't stop reading.

BC

[82 Card]

That lady is lucky the cop didn't just take the easy way out.

To me, the moral of the story is: Volunteering for kids activities can be very dangerous. When we were raising our daughter, my wife and I ran into unhinged parents several times. In one case, my wife was assaulted by another parent, a member of our city council, when helping out at a swim meet. After that, we stopped volunteering. People get crazy when their children are involved.

[82 Card]

That lady is lucky the cop didn't just take the easy way out.

To me, the moral of the story is: Volunteering for kids activities can be very dangerous. When we were raising our daughter, my wife and I ran into unhinged parents several times. In one case, my wife was assaulted by another parent, a member of our city council, when helping out at a swim meet. After that, we stopped volunteering. People get crazy when their children are involved.

[dabigv13]

Great story. Thanks for sharing.

[dabigv13]

Great story. Thanks for sharing.

[81alum]

Great story. Thanks for sharing.

Yes, I read it end to end.  At least neither of them had a Stanford law degree!

[81alum]

Great story. Thanks for sharing.

Yes, I read it end to end.  At least neither of them had a Stanford law degree!

[Mick]

That lady is lucky the cop didn't just take the easy way out.

To me, the moral of the story is: Volunteering for kids activities can be very dangerous. When we were raising our daughter, my wife and I ran into unhinged parents several times. In one case, my wife was assaulted by another parent, a member of our city council, when helping out at a swim meet. After that, we stopped volunteering. People get crazy when their children are involved.

I've volunteered as a coach for about 20 youth sports teams.  There's always at least one crazy or semi-crazy parent.  One friend of mine was a very good coach, great with kids, very patient.  He had one player who was losing control in the dugout, and he put a fatherly hand on his shoulder, calmed him down, game goes on.  His mother, a Hooters waitress, reams him out publicly for "getting physical" with her son and goes to the board, threatens to sue unless my friend is dismissed.

I didn't coach that season, but I coached the next season.  In the player draft, I drafted that man's son on my team, and told the LL board that he would be one of my assistant coaches.  The president of the league says to me, "are you sure that's a good idea?  You know about last season, right?"  We discussed it, they gave their thumbs up.  No issues during the season, except one of the crazed parents on my team reamed out one of the crazed parents on the other team for celebrating too loudly after a win...which in little league is very dog-bites-man.

[Mick]

That lady is lucky the cop didn't just take the easy way out.

To me, the moral of the story is: Volunteering for kids activities can be very dangerous. When we were raising our daughter, my wife and I ran into unhinged parents several times. In one case, my wife was assaulted by another parent, a member of our city council, when helping out at a swim meet. After that, we stopped volunteering. People get crazy when their children are involved.

I've volunteered as a coach for about 20 youth sports teams.  There's always at least one crazy or semi-crazy parent.  One friend of mine was a very good coach, great with kids, very patient.  He had one player who was losing control in the dugout, and he put a fatherly hand on his shoulder, calmed him down, game goes on.  His mother, a Hooters waitress, reams him out publicly for "getting physical" with her son and goes to the board, threatens to sue unless my friend is dismissed.

I didn't coach that season, but I coached the next season.  In the player draft, I drafted that man's son on my team, and told the LL board that he would be one of my assistant coaches.  The president of the league says to me, "are you sure that's a good idea?  You know about last season, right?"  We discussed it, they gave their thumbs up.  No issues during the season, except one of the crazed parents on my team reamed out one of the crazed parents on the other team for celebrating too loudly after a win...which in little league is very dog-bites-man.

[dabigv13]

In hindsight, it should have been a red flag that he went through Stanford in 3 years. If I could've found a good reason to coterm I would've tried staying 5.

[dabigv13]

In hindsight, it should have been a red flag that he went through Stanford in 3 years. If I could've found a good reason to coterm I would've tried staying 5.

[Mick]

In hindsight, it should have been a red flag that he went through Stanford in 3 years. If I could've found a good reason to coterm I would've tried staying 5.

Funny you should mention this, I was just thinking that.  There was only one person in my graduating class who finished in three years, and she was one of the strangest people I've ever met.

[Mick]

In hindsight, it should have been a red flag that he went through Stanford in 3 years. If I could've found a good reason to coterm I would've tried staying 5.

Funny you should mention this, I was just thinking that.  There was only one person in my graduating class who finished in three years, and she was one of the strangest people I've ever met.

[fullmetal]

Holy smokes.  Bizarro world.

[fullmetal]

Holy smokes.  Bizarro world.

[82 Card]

Another bad sign is the stint at that Palo Alto law firm. Back in my day, Mr. Sonsini was quoted in the legal industry rags as saying they were looking for lawyers who really wanted to be in New York but had to stay in California.

[82 Card]

Another bad sign is the stint at that Palo Alto law firm. Back in my day, Mr. Sonsini was quoted in the legal industry rags as saying they were looking for lawyers who really wanted to be in New York but had to stay in California.

[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

Gripping story but the auto-play audio clips were quite annoying.  Is this common LA Times practice?  First time I've encountered it.

[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

Gripping story but the auto-play audio clips were quite annoying.  Is this common LA Times practice?  First time I've encountered it.

[JJJ]

Wow. Can't stop reading, and I should be doing something else...  :o

[JJJ]

Wow. Can't stop reading, and I should be doing something else...  :o

[Nan3cy]

Incredible story. If someone wrote this as fiction it wouldn't be believed...

[Nan3cy]

Incredible story. If someone wrote this as fiction it wouldn't be believed...

[BostonCard]

Incredible story. If someone wrote this as fiction it wouldn't be believed...

Ironically, the wife did write something not all that different from that as fiction.

BC

[BostonCard]

Incredible story. If someone wrote this as fiction it wouldn't be believed...

Ironically, the wife did write something not all that different from that as fiction.

BC

[martyup]

This story MUST be made into a movie.  The new Pacific Heights.

[martyup]

This story MUST be made into a movie.  The new Pacific Heights.

[jacketree]

There is an entire channel devoted to stories like this.  Lifetime or something.

Feel like I've watched my wife watch this movie about 58 times already.

[jacketree]

There is an entire channel devoted to stories like this.  Lifetime or something.

Feel like I've watched my wife watch this movie about 58 times already.

[fullmetal]

Ripe for a telenovela! :)

[fullmetal]

Ripe for a telenovela! :)

[FrankO]

to think he got into Stanford (and finished in 3 years)... and she into Boalt

intelligence and morality don't necessarily go together... the recent Turner case exhibit B

[FrankO]

to think he got into Stanford (and finished in 3 years)... and she into Boalt

intelligence and morality don't necessarily go together... the recent Turner case exhibit B

[terry]

I knew both the husband and the wife when they were working in Palo Alto. Kent was a nice guy -- smart, pleasant, easy-going, laid-back, somewhat reserved. I didn't know Jill well at all -- just well enough to exchange pleasantries with her for a moment if we happened to see each other. To say the least, none of us who knew Kent saw this coming. Those of us who knew Kent think that he must have been goaded into this by Jill. He was not the kind of guy who usually took initiative or asserted himself. I suspect Kent probably thought he was trying to save his family and he let himself be pushed over the moral boundary. That's not an excuse. Kent is responsible for making bad choices and doing bad things. But those who knew him suspect that Jill is the Lady MacBeth in this story.

[terry]

I knew both the husband and the wife when they were working in Palo Alto. Kent was a nice guy -- smart, pleasant, easy-going, laid-back, somewhat reserved. I didn't know Jill well at all -- just well enough to exchange pleasantries with her for a moment if we happened to see each other. To say the least, none of us who knew Kent saw this coming. Those of us who knew Kent think that he must have been goaded into this by Jill. He was not the kind of guy who usually took initiative or asserted himself. I suspect Kent probably thought he was trying to save his family and he let himself be pushed over the moral boundary. That's not an excuse. Kent is responsible for making bad choices and doing bad things. But those who knew him suspect that Jill is the Lady MacBeth in this story.

[fullmetal]

The article clearly paints Jill as the more likely of the two to have been the architect of the whole plan.  Who you marry is pretty important.

[fullmetal]

The article clearly paints Jill as the more likely of the two to have been the architect of the whole plan.  Who you marry is pretty important.