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Don't be mean. I promise to do my best to judge that fairly.
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Way too many, though, and even the ones who are good or at least neutral on the whole might still not be cool about a lot of topics.
You tied my brain into a knot.
I'll grant that; if only one bad parent existed, it would be one too many. Yet this will drag us into defining what a bad parent is. And by extension:
What defines one and the other and what separates one from the other?
Which ones? Give me an example, please. And are all people supposed to be open or receptive or knowledgeable about every single topic?
A surprising percentage of the world is okay with making their children homeless if they are any variety of LGBTQ+.
Where? Because I would go straight to jail if I tried to pull that stunt in my country.
Abandonement, deriliction of paternal duties, abuse, mistreat... these are just from the top of my head. The list can grow longer.
Child abuse and neglect are illegal, but not always enforced in my country. United States.
I was a gay child that was medically neglected and later homeless. Even more frustrating, they claimed me on their taxes when I was an adult and got money for caring for me even though I didn't get any support. I knew a girl that was beaten by her parents and social services didn't do anything because she was fed and housed and the foster system was overwhelmed in her area. I even knew someone that was removed from their home because they were beaten by their parents so bad they went to the hospital. Their siblings were not removed (so they remained living with an abuser) and they were forced back to their parents after six months. No jail for any of these people.