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{{quote|''"Don't you 'Hi Mom and Dad' us, you little punk!"''
|'''Stephen Stotch''', as he's about to beat his son, Butters|''[[South Park]]''}}
Parents are supposed to be the protectors of children, but these parents are either so damaged themselves that they can't do the job, greedy or villainous to the point that they never had any interest in doing the job properly, or would rather use the child as a means to an end.
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This includes parents who are emotionally, physically, or mentally abusive, or who neglectfully allow their children to be abused by others if they don't abuse the child themselves; sexual abuse is typically treated as [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil|a special kind of evil]] and thus not entirely in the same category as the other types of abuse. Sometimes, the abuse at the hands of their parents or others end up as the [[Freudian Excuse]] for a villain (or even worse, generates a villain who has [[Mommy Issues]]), but sometimes, the character manages to not grow up broken, bitter, and hateful, and ends up being [[Character Development|a different and better person]] than the upbringing would incline one to think.
Sometimes, a parent will go as far as to kill the child in question, in which case this is [[Offing the Offspring]]. In other cases, the parent's abuse occasionally drives the offspring to kill ''them'', usually becoming a [[Self
Do bear in mind, though, that while some acts are ''obviously'' abusive, not everyone agrees on the line between actual abuse and merely heavy-handed parenting (or even ''normal'' parenting). Some include spanking as abuse; others think it's appropriate given certain guidelines. Some believe it's okay to make a kid go without a meal (they won't starve that easily); others disagree. Making a kid miss a friend's birthday
If a parent has just dumped the child, for whatever reason, that's [[Parental Abandonment]]; if they just aren't paying much attention, that's [[Parental Neglect]]. Contrast [[Mama Bear]] or [[Papa Wolf]] (where ''others'' abuse the children and the parents abuse the abusers). Also Contrast [[Good Parents]]. [[Abusive Precursors]] can be considered this on a metaphorical level. See [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]] for when this is [[Exaggerated Trope|cranked up to absurd levels]] and [[Dude, Not Funny|played for laughs]]. See [[Evil Matriarch]] and [[Archnemesis Dad]] for characters who will take this trope [[Up to Eleven]].
Unfortunately,
[[You Are Not Alone]].
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[[Category:Parental Issues]]
[[Category:Drama Tropes]]
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[[Category:Character Flaw Index]]
[[Category:Orphaned/Sandbox/Depressing Tropes]]▼
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