User:Elbow-Greased Strongman/Parenting

Sorry for this being so disjointed and fragmentary. I swear I have a concrete idea for this article, but I've mostly written down stuff here that I can source since I'm a bit of a stickler for that stuff.

“	It's nice to have kids.	”
Borb's rationale for having children, as told to Chris for a high-school assignment.

Bob and Barb's (often collectively referred to as "Borb" by trolls and observers) parenting of Chris is an important factor in how he ended up the way he did.

Borb and their previous children

Cole

“	I have everything that I have ever wanted except a mother's love.	”
Cole Smithey

Cole claimed his opinion of her deteriorated due to her dishonesty about the identity of his biological father and the influence of her husband, saying he had "never met a meaner or more reprehensible Republican cur than Bob"

Barb believes Cole's bitterness towards her is rooted in rumors from nefarious family members and brain damage from a head injury he suffered as a child.

taking note of how he had gone out of his way to visit her on several occasions while she had only visited him once

Carol and David Alan

There could be more info from Bob about his parenting in some of the recently rediscovered phone calls.

Unlike Cole, neither of Bob's previous biological children have ever divulged information about their childhoods. Nevertheless, some details can be gleaned from other sources.

said he "no friendship" from them in 1979 in his first letter to Chris

Carol was, for whatever reason, distant enough to not attend his funeral

Bob and Chris

Bob has generally been seen as the better of Chris's parents by onlookers, though this may be damning him with faint praise.

several well-known instances of him taking a firmer hand in dealing with Chris

Chris often had trouble getting along with his father and would claim Bob was prone to starting "more arguments than flies in a garbage dump" (almost always with that exact wording).

Chris admitted to sometimes lying to his father to get him off his back

Barb and Chris

Barb was the parent Chris was closer to (too close, as it ended up being)

After Bob's death

Kiwi Farms posts (Marvin)#Barb and Chris

Barb grew increasingly reliant on him running errands and doing chores for her, leading Marvin to describe Chris as her "hand servant".

scared of her despite her advanced age

Phases of parenting

Early childhood (1982 – 198?)

Cole alleged that Borb would regularly leave Chris alone in the care of an 'unfit babysitter'