This view that the parents are to blame for everything in the childs life is typical and most parents take it with a grain of salt because they/we remember when we were kids. This is merely a maturing process. Once the kids reach their early 20’s they take more responsibility for their actions and they look back on their difficult teen years with a more realistic view point.
...and kill themselves.Nobody said he was in a program when he died. TheWho said kids get a realistic idea of what happened to them in their early twenties. Mike offed himself at 22. This must have been due to his reflection on the abuse, according to TheWho's reasoning.
I guess we can also expect Max to do himself in in a year or two as well. As soon as he has a realistic idea of how his dad abused and neglected him.
This thread is about a disaster called "John D. Reuben's Family" not some 30,000 foot view of the teen hurt industry. This man has been complicit in a 50% death rate of his own kids, and maybe 100% when Max gets some "realism" going.
Did Max attend his mom's funeral, John? Or did you force him to be punished while she died? Just answer the question.