Editing Adam Lanza (section)

==Personality==
Even in an age when a child’s every irregularity is attributed to a syndrome, the idea of a normal weird kid seems reasonable enough, but there were early signs that Adam had significant problems. He struggled with basic emotions and received coaching from his mother Nancy.

She became a stay-at-home mother after Adam was born. When he had to show feelings in a school play, Nancy wrote to a friend Adam has taken it very seriously, even practicing facial expressions in the mirror. According to the state attorney’s report, when Adam was in fifth grade, he said that he did not think highly of himself and believed that everyone else in the world deserved more than he did.

[[File:Bookofgrannz.jpeg|thumb|285x285px|Image of the Big Book Book of Granny written by Adam and another boy in his class.|left|link=Special:FilePath/Bookofgrannz.jpeg]]
That year, Adam and another boy wrote a story called ''The Big Book of Granny'' in which an old woman with a gun in her cane kills wantonly. Adam tried to sell copies of the book at school, but ended up getting in trouble.<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/adam-lanza-created-a-book-about-hurting-children-2013-11 A 10-Year-Old Adam Lanza Created A Horrifying Book About Hurting Children], ''Business Insider''</ref>

A couple of years later, according to the state’s attorney’s report, a teacher noted disturbing violence in his writing and described him as being intelligent but not normal, with antisocial issues.

Meanwhile, Peter and Nancy's marriage was starting to unravel. ''"I'd work ridiculous hours during the week and Nancy would take care of the kids"'', Peter stated. ''"Then, on the weekends, she'd do errands and I'd spend time with the kids."''

In 2001, Peter and Nancy separated Adam was nine at the time. When a psychiatrist later asked him about it, he claimed that his parents were as irritating to each other as they were to him.

Peter moved to Stamford, nearly an hour from Newtown, but still saw the boys every weekend. When Adam entered middle school, he proudly took Peter to see it. "And talk about talkative man, that kid, you couldn't shut him up!" Peter said.

Adam became fascinated with guns and with [[World War II]], and showed an interest in joining the military. Despite this, he never talked about mass murder, nor was he violent at school he seldom revealed his emotions albeit had a sharp sense of humor.

When Peter took him to see [[Bill Cosby]] live, Adam laughed for an hour straight. One Christmas, Adam told his parents that he wanted to use his savings to buy toys for needy children, to which Peter obliged and took him shopping. He also hated drugs and alcoholic beverages, and was a strict vegetarian as he hated [[animal cruelty]].