Thanks for reading! You make a good point. But I ask you this:

If an abusive or neglectful parent grew up traumatised (in an abusive or neglectful environment) – isn’t that all they’ve ever known?

Thanks for reading! You make a good point. But I ask you this:

If an abusive or neglectful parent grew up traumatised (in an abusive or neglectful environment) – isn’t that all they’ve ever known?

If this is all they’ve ever known, all they’ve been conditioned to see or understand, are they not then doing the best that they can with the darkness they were…