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Originally Posted by GGG
I think the opposite is happening, people aren't ignoring logic, its people who want to feel safe that this will never happen to their kids need to blame the parents. This allows them to say that this would never happen to me as I wouldn't have done X. And allows them to hide the fact that the world can be scary place where random terrible stuff happens and you can do nothing to prevent it. That's why parents get blamed. It's a coping mechanism to stop that feeling of helplessness in the pit of your stomach when you read stories like this.
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That's insightful.
There's another type of person that's quick to blame the parents and that's the kind of guy where the world hasn't been a scary place, where bad things haven't happened.
I've known some people that have lived relatively charmed lives where some of the upsets/hurdles/tragedies a lot of people face have never been a part of their lives. No divorce, no family suicides, no financial crises, no abuse, no illnesses, no serious injuries, both sets of grandparents still alive, etc.
There are a million things that can go wrong in life that can knock you down, hurt you, scar you, etc., but there are some lucky people that just haven't had to face those things - or worse - more than one of those things at once. Those people tend to think fate is more within their control than more experienced people know it to be.