Well, I wasn't expecting it necessarily to be a pat explanation.
You have experience with all this, and I do not.... if you feel inclined, and if there's a way to do it that wouldn't take too much of your time, I really, really am interested in your thoughts on why a person who doesn't have some kind of a deficit (mental/physical/emotional/financial, etc.) keeps having kids and then neglecting them hideously. Mild neglect I get. It's the hideous neglect that I don't.
I know this is way off topic. It just struck me, in this case. Often when a story has an abusive parent, the parent has a mental illness, or is an alcoholic/drug addict, etc. Or, has more complicated emotional issues (thinking of your memoir).
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Date: 2011-04-26 05:24 pm (UTC)You have experience with all this, and I do not.... if you feel inclined, and if there's a way to do it that wouldn't take too much of your time, I really, really am interested in your thoughts on why a person who doesn't have some kind of a deficit (mental/physical/emotional/financial, etc.) keeps having kids and then neglecting them hideously. Mild neglect I get. It's the hideous neglect that I don't.
I know this is way off topic. It just struck me, in this case. Often when a story has an abusive parent, the parent has a mental illness, or is an alcoholic/drug addict, etc. Or, has more complicated emotional issues (thinking of your memoir).