Unfit

People who use their own children as tools of manipulation are not fit to be parents.

People who use their own children as tools of revenge are not fit to be parents.

People who use their own children as human shields are not fit to be parents.

People who can't tell where they end and their children begin are not fit to be parents.

People who make cheerleaders for themselves out of their children are not fit to be parents.

I'd vote for shooting the unfit parents, but then the children would never grow to know the truth, they'd only idealize the deceased.

Children do grow... and sometimes they do eventually see the truth. Often, they even remember the lie... and can clearly see the liars. That they might, is a chance worth taking. It's better than jail.

There is a fate worse than death. I know all about these things, just ask my mother. She knows all about the painful sound of the silence of a child, as she should, and as I hope all unfit parents eventually do.