That aspect is ironic. Maybe he learned to not care from his dad. ;-(
Understood...and your point is well taken.
The most important thing I ever did in my life was have my kids; they made me better man. My job is to see them safely and sanely into adulthood.
Everything I did before them pales into insignificance when stacked up against the responsibility of teaching them to be good, decent people and citizens and to take care of themselves so they can prosper. Protecting them from the horrors of the world, and helping them deal with it when it touches them, as it does all of us eventually.
That’s the job. That’s the duty, the obligation, and the responsibility.
This guy just totally abdicated that responsibility and broke this kid before he even had a chance at a normal life; when he grows up, he’ll always know what his grandfather did (bad enough), and now what his father did - it’ll be the gossip of every school he goes to, every neighborhood he lives in...
Mortifying...absolutely mortifing.