You're justifying people's poor behavior who weren't actually acting with your best interest in mind. [ they are going to strangle him, but it's really just because: ]

... I couldn't imagine my life without my mother. There was a time I thought she'd never come home, and I thought it was the end of the world. Even now being here without her, I miss being able to talk to her. [ not to mention things that have happened to a friend of theirs... ] It doesn't make sense to me how parents can't overcome obstacles to love their children permanently.