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Theoretically, parents are supposed to be the people who raise the children in their care. Practically, it’s not always the truth. Sometimes, people have children when they’re too young themselves and can’t give a child proper care. In this case, the child is lucky if there are other adults who can take care of them. And sometimes, these parents come back around later and expect their basically abandoned child to be grateful for them being a good parent to someone else. And yes, that’s exactly what happened in today’s story.
More info: Reddit
Sometimes, parents gain their parental instincts unacceptably late after the lack of these instincts leaves a negative impact on their child
Image credits: cottonbro studio (not the actual photo)
A 17-year-old teen’s parents had him when they were too young, so the boy grew up in his grandparents’ care
Later, the parents had younger kids, whom they took care of more than they ever did for their first son
Image credits: Yaroslav Shuraev (not the actual photo)
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Alexandra Alexandra Community Member Follow
Nah, don't worry. Your parents just try to weasel out of having to confront the fact that they were indeed crappy parents to you. It doesn't matter they're better parents now; it's not about your siblings, it's about you. They are trying to guilt you into forgiving them. If you can't forgive them, that's okay and understandable. '
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Hphizzle Hphizzle Community Member Follow
They are probably also worried about when their younger kids get older and start asking questions about the older brother. Like their image will be tarnished, so they’re trying to bandaid it instead of doing the actual work of admitting and working through their mistakes.
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Deanna Crichley Deanna Crichley Community Member Follow
I've learned that you can forgive someone and then never allow them to be in a position to do further damage.
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Ephemera Image Ephemera Image Community Member Follow
Why should he forgive? I don't agree with the 'forgive them for yourself' trope. You can go on and live a good life without fixating on the perpetrators, but you don't have to 'forgive' them. You just accept that is who they are, and move on, without letting them have any influence on your life.
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Goes around, comes around.
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Alexandra Alexandra Community Member Follow
Nah, don't worry. Your parents just try to weasel out of having to confront the fact that they were indeed crappy parents to you. It doesn't matter they're better parents now; it's not about your siblings, it's about you. They are trying to guilt you into forgiving them. If you can't forgive them, that's okay and understandable. '
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Hphizzle Hphizzle Community Member Follow
They are probably also worried about when their younger kids get older and start asking questions about the older brother. Like their image will be tarnished, so they’re trying to bandaid it instead of doing the actual work of admitting and working through their mistakes.
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Deanna Crichley Deanna Crichley Community Member Follow
I've learned that you can forgive someone and then never allow them to be in a position to do further damage.
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Ephemera Image Ephemera Image Community Member Follow
Why should he forgive? I don't agree with the 'forgive them for yourself' trope. You can go on and live a good life without fixating on the perpetrators, but you don't have to 'forgive' them. You just accept that is who they are, and move on, without letting them have any influence on your life.
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