“That could be any of us...”
I don’t think so.
I used to hang out with a few guys who lived in the divorced single-mom situation. Mom worked looong hours, dad was legally barred except every other weekend... anyway... I was somewhat taken aback when I realized that the mom’s actually believed that they were in control. The children (HS and COLLEGE) were full on wide open, they were very booksmart smart, but absolutely lawless.