Who is the worst fictional parent?

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Cilla Battersby

Peter and Lois in Family Guy. Totally vile to Meg.

Scarlett O’Hara

Mrs. Baratheon wasn’t great either, Tbf. Though she at least hung herself afterwards.

Another Dickens one - Mrs Jellyby in Bleak House, so bent on her missions to Africa, she's oblivious to her own children falling into the fireplace and wearing shabby dresses and not being educated. And the Cynthia Voigt mum in A Solitary Blue similar, but with slimy manipulation - I really want to slap her. @RegimentalSturgeon I'll join you in rattling Lily Dale's teeth.

Logan's dad in Veronica Mars. He seduces and then murders his teenage son's girlfriend (aged 16/17), regularly beats his son, and drives his wife into committing suicide.

The Railway Children Mum, kids totally neglected and left to play on the rail lines.

Similar with the Famous Five parents. (Uncle Quentin & Aunt Fanny 🤣)

Toby's Mom & Dad in Labyrinth, leaving him with Sarah so they could go out for the night.

Cindy Beale

They were evacuees, it's a bit different!

I think that was loosely based on a true story if I remember correctly.

Loved those books as a young teenager, imagine letting kids read that sort of stuff though 😱.

Yes! It's difficult to decide which is worse-his callous indifference to Anne or his creepy spousification of Elizabeth.

Flat Stanley's parents. After their child was crushed flat by a falling notice board, they folded him, placed him in an envelope and posted him to visit relatives in California to save on the cost of a plane ticket.

Scumbags.

PevenseygirlQQ I agree Cindy Beale. 2 dead children. 2 left and 1 estranged

I always thought Heathcliffe was such a rubbish abusive dad. He forces his dying son to pretend he is well enough to trick Cathy's daughter into marrying him to take her wealth. The part where Linton (his son) is terrified of his dad whilst pretending to be OK is painful reading.

it also seemed odd that he loves Cathy so much but treats her daughter so terribly, and yet their ghosts live together forever...? Surely her ghost should have took him to task over the treatment of her child.

The only father in Austen's work who is fairly OK, is Mr Morland, the heroine's father and he doesn't occupy much narrative space.

Once she got into her stride, they were all lacking or dead: Mr Dashwood, Mr Woodhouse, Mr Bennett, Sir Charles Elliott, Sir Thomas Bertram,

Oh, and Mr Price, fanny's actual dad.

Both parents of Precious.

Leaving Toby with Sarah, for the umpteenth time, too.

She just wanted to do a bit of cosplay in the park with Merlin, bless her.

Actually, I think it was based on a true story

Its the absolute attitude on her also! Worst mother ever! 😂

Oh my god, that was so sad.
He found Mr Tom, though.

He's a vile character, violent and abusive. I have no idea why people think he's a romantic hero.

Mr Murdstone, in David Copperfield.

Martin Mucklow.

And Diggory’s mum is extremely unwell, she only recovers because Aslan encourages/allows Diggory to pluck an apple from the tree in the brand new Narnia. She wasn’t really up to parenting

The parents in Time Bandits. WTF.