Jan 17, 2020
6 min read
What Happens To Kids Who Raise Themselves?
Can they be functional adults?
“Glenna raised herself.”
My Aunt Martha said this to my father when I was still a teenager. He didn’t disagree with her. My dad and I spent a lot of time apart when I was growing up, partly logistics and partly because of my mother. She wanted nothing to do with him, and it irritated her that I still adored him.
