Congratulations Col. FLTC, It must be Karma - I'm spending the day at home working today and thought I'd stop by for my once in a blue moon look at the board.
FL - I also could never understand why a parent who supposedly loves his or her child would insist on venting his or her anger on the children and using them to remain angry. I have never and will never understand that. But we can't help what other people do. I can tell you this though - children grow up and they remember if their parent treated them wrong. All we can do is stay out of the drama and let our kids know that we love them. They'll also remember that.