Growing up, my brother and I were big fans of the 90's show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Possibly the most evocative scene in the entire series is this one when Will, the main character, discovers that his father has abandoned him for a second time:
I think we can all agree: if a parent can make a child feel the way Will felt, if a parent can make their child feel that unloved, the world should protect the child. The world is allowed to share in the child's pain, to dislike the parent, to be unrelenting in their criticisms of the way in which they treated the child.
No parent should ever have a child that asks them "how come he don't want me?"
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