re: Being There For A Parent That Abandoned You And Has Been A Source Of Pain Your Entire Life

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watch someone in that situation die and you learn that everyone deserves some sort of respect in that moment

at the least, to allow them a chance to seek redemption and apologize

it's just the decent thing to do for any human

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Respect and decency doesn't really fit with close family.

I'd say the large, large majority of the time when a child decides that they will "be there for a parent that does not deserve it" it's because the child is trying to fill a void that still exists...even if he/she doesn't admit or realize it.