[mikey_hates_everything]

'You can't tell me off,' he spat back. 'I'm the man of the house.'

You know the mother has been telling the boy that he's the man of the house since he was old enough to speak. Yeah, great idea not having a father around. You reap what you sow.

[AbolishCSEU]

Exactly. Giving a child A.S.S. (adult spousal status) is probably one of the biggest emotional abuses ever.