Mom got drunk to escape reality and that led her to neglect Rose and confuse her on the very foundation of their relationship, Bro didn’t account his little bro would have different thresholds of how much shit he can take and ended up abusing him to toughen him up, and Grandpa was, similar to Mom, an escapist using his imagination and adventuring instead to not think about the bad stuff that was happening, so yeah they were bad parents.

Dad though, don’t slander my man like that. Dad was misguided on WHAT John likes- Having thought the drawings of clowns in his bedroom were actual interest from him- But other than being a bit stern, he’s a good Dad.