not copying...coping.....but, yeah, I hear you. Someone on this thread mentioned the book The Sociopath Nextdoor....and it’s next on my summer reading list. I don’t think you can help a true sociopath......but they just ensured she would walk the streets with us again....either way. I don’t have enough personal knowledge to conclusively say either way....BUT, the parents ARE enablers....whether they deserve sympathy or disgust, I don’t really know. I hope they don’t ever move near me.
Just read today Casey declined her mothers visit to the jail. She’s imagined she will have a new life for herself now, but it won’t work for long and she’ll be begging to come home again. They generally always return home because it’s the only place they are accepted for long.