“And by age 16 was well established in the community” Are you arguing that it’s totally cool to leave a kid on his own, as long as he’s “well established” in so

“And by age 16 was well established in the community” Are you arguing that it’s totally cool to leave a kid on his own, as long as he’s “well established” in some community? That seems like a rather odd position on parenting. Not that I haven’t seen worse from chess parents. “Blaming someone for his mental illness... is unreasonable and unfair” First, I never mentioned mental illness. Second, I didn’t blame anyone. Merely pointed out that there are might be some environmental factors contributing to a bright kid ending up with with socialization + behavioral issues, like, you know, literally having to fend for himself by age 16. But yeah, rather than see that kind of environment as traumatic in any way, we could totally just point to some imagined place in his brain as the real source of his troubles. Makes sense. /s