"Clausewitz joined the military at the age of twelve."
The military took care of Clausewitz, not the other way around.
"There isn't enough information here to condemn the parent."
There's plenty of information here to condemn this creepy, uncaring, unnatural "mother". It's called the FACTS. The 4 children were left stark alone, "mature" in your opinion....or not.
Leni
Have you ever read the constitution and the bill of rights? do you know that freedom was the issue?
Most of our founders was aware that the socialists and other sobs in this country would eventually be picking freedom apart little by little but they would probably turn over in their graves if they knew about parental policing.