#dearprudence

Dear Nibling Neglect,

WTF?  Relentless bullying is normal?  What the hell house did you grow up in? 

Look at what you wrote.  This child is being tormented and you’re justifying it to some extent while reaching out.. kinda... sorta.

That whole little family is fucked up.  First of all, Andy is less going to grow up to be a serial killer, and more grow up in a shell of an adult with self-esteem issues and needing a lot of therapy. 

The girls are learning a kind of violence is “acceptable,” and are being taught to be shit humans that will end up being the bane of every HR manager on the planet - Karens in training.

Your sister is a bitch.  She’s internalized toxic masculinity in herself to the point where she is going to let her CHILDREN HURT EACH OTHER because “man up.”

Listen to me:

THIS. IS. NOT. SPARTA.

Spartan children training methods are not #goals, they were awful then, and abusing a child into conforming is abusive now.  Except we have someone we can call.  Child Protective Services.

Are they the best?  No, but the goal isn’t foster care, it’s parenting classes.

I mean, you could opt for internet shaming, record the issues, post them, and let the mob decide, but... you could call CPS and put the fear of bureaucracy into these two idiot abusers. 

What the hell are you waiting for?

I swear, this is why we should make parenting a licensed thing...  just because you can put a penis into a vagina doesn’t mean you should have a kid.