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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,’ he told me. ‘Then, on the weekends, she’d do errands and I’d spend time with the kids.’ Peter frequently took the boys on weekend hiking trips. In 2001 Peter and Nancy separated. Adam was nine; when a psychiatrist later asked him about it, he said that his parents were as irritating to each other as they were to him. | 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,’ he told me. ‘Then, on the weekends, she’d do errands and I’d spend time with the kids.’ Peter frequently took the boys on weekend hiking trips. In 2001 Peter and Nancy separated. Adam was nine; when a psychiatrist later asked him about it, he said 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. In the years that followed, they would talk about politics. Adam became fascinated with guns and with the [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/World_War_II Second World War], and showed an interest in joining the military. But he never talked about mass murder, and he wasn’t violent at school. He seldom revealed his emotions, but 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, and Peter took him shopping for them. | 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. In the years that followed, they would talk about politics. Adam became fascinated with guns and with the [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/World_War_II Second World War], and showed an interest in joining the military. But he never talked about mass murder, and he wasn’t violent at school. He seldom revealed his emotions, but 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, and Peter took him shopping for them. He also hated drugs and alcoholic drinks, was a strict vegetarian as he hated animal cruelty. | ||
==Teen life== | ==Teen life== | ||