Have you considered that you might have been the golden child and they weren't?
People can cause great harm with the best of intentions. Especially when they are overwhelmed.
Children who have been neglected end up having impaired emotional regulation in adulthood. You can view it as genetics, or see it as a lesson of what you could have been had you been born in different shoes.
It isn't a satisfying conclusion or story, but it is what it is. What matters is picking up the pieces and moving on.
People can cause great harm with the best of intentions. Especially when they are overwhelmed.
Children who have been neglected end up having impaired emotional regulation in adulthood. You can view it as genetics, or see it as a lesson of what you could have been had you been born in different shoes.
It isn't a satisfying conclusion or story, but it is what it is. What matters is picking up the pieces and moving on.