Everybody knows that becoming a parent means that you have to take on a huge responsibility. It means that you have to spend the next couple of decades of your life ensuring that another human being is safe, cared for, and happy, and perhaps most importantly of all, you have to try your hardest to set them up for the best future that they can possibly have. 

Of course, everybody makes mistakes, and it is understandable to mess up when engaging in such a huge undertaking. However, there is a stark difference between having occasional moments of weakness and stupidity and deliberately sabotaging your child’s life. 

Unbelievable as it may seem, there are plenty of parents out there who are willing to do the latter. This is usually because they think that they have something worthwhile to gain from it. These types also don’t tend to like it too much if their kids decide to call them out.