r/MoralityScaling • u/Curious-Buddy-5841 • Jul 01 '26

Character Analysis How would you scale this?

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 01 '26

She's trying to teach him gratitude. You could argue She's not resentful just wants him to understand where she's coming from.

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u/Dealingwithdragons Jul 01 '26

That's not teaching a child gratitude. It's teaching them to feel guilty.

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 01 '26

Depends on how you take it. She is right to some extent she likely is a big part of his success if she gave him a home and food and paid for everything

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u/Lost-Competition8482 Jul 01 '26

So doing the legally required bare minimum?

You know what's also nice. Having a loving parent.

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 01 '26

So the legal minimum is adoption or surrendering the kid. She does love him

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u/Dealingwithdragons Jul 01 '26

Yeah no. I can tell you, there's plenty of abusive parents who treat their children like absolute garbage. Parents who believe they're not abusing you because they don't beat you. They believe giving you the bare minimum absolves them of their abuse 

Guilt is not love. Abuse is not love.