How to deal with very bad parents?

<p>I don’t see how you can draw conclusions one way or another about someone without knowing more about their background & history. </p>

<p>No one but a pro should be leading OP to these waters. And, I believe a pro would not diagnose, on a forum, based on a few postings. Can we move back to general advice and outrage? I am aware that a few posters do have professional mental health backgrounds. I am not one of them. In some case, it does not matter how much we know, how much we have read. We need to mind the venue.</p>