Many
children who suffer from neglect or abuse from their parents nonetheless
manage to grow up into decent adults. Question is, do they owe anything
to these bad parents?
What do we owe our tormentors? It’s a question that haunts those
who had childhoods marked by years of neglect and deprivation, or of
psychological, physical, and sexual abuse at the hands of one or both
parents. Despite this terrible beginning, many people make it out successfully
and go on to build satisfying lives. Now their mother or father is old,
maybe ailing, possibly broke. With a sense of guilt and dread, these
adults are grappling with whether and how to care for those who didn’t
care for them.
Emily Yoffe of Slate wrote an interesting article exploring the question
of whether grown children of neglectful or abusive parents have any obligation
to take care those who didn't even fulfill their own:
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