How did you know that?
she was a wonderful lady....IF you discount that fact that she stayed with an abuser with her 8 kids.
BUT it was the 1930s and it wasn’t so easy to leave a cruel man.
He was a gangster but to be honest, I’ve known (i’m NOT one) a lot of gangsters where I live and a lot love their wife and kids to no end....didn’t say they were good men...they’re not.
But she got a double whammy :(
You’re a smart person.
That’s where she got her loving side from.
I have read a lot about early childhood development over the years.
A lot has been written about the damage done to children from the lack of kind touch and affection.
A little can go a long way to socializing a child.