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Theoretically,parentsare supposed to be the people who raise the children in their care.

Practically, its not always the truth.

Sometimes, people have children when theyre too young themselves and cant give a child proper care.

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In this case, the child is lucky if there are other adults who can take care of them.

And yes, thats exactly what happened in todays story.

At the time, their parental instincts hadnt kicked in yet.

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

So, during the majority of the boys childhood, he was raised by his grandparents.

It also didnt help that the parents basically resented their first child.

There are manywaysparents can show resentment towards their children.

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

But if the resentment seeps into daily life, there could be more serious underlyingissues.

The parents from the story are a good representation of such a case.

Not only are they not showing any resentment towards them, but theyre also properly taking care of them.

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

Thecouplealso decided to bring their first child to therapy so they could resolve everything between them.

This sounded like complete nonsense to the posts author.

And these people didnt think the same way teens parents did.

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

They saw nothing wrong in his words but saw plenty of wrongfulness in the parents.

Actually, they saw wrongfulness not only in their words but in their actions, too.

So, the verdict was that the OP wasnt the jerk.

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

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Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings

Parents Wonder Why Their 17 Y.O. Is So Distant After They Neglected Him But Not His Siblings