...when a 19-year-old calls the Emergency Services number and, after some time, states that she took an overdose of various drugs and is starting to drift off, and then hands the phone to her father, whose reaction to the news that his daughter may be in serious physical danger is, "What an [body part]."

I understand, kids are hard work and 19-year-olds fall into that category. But really? Namecalling as parenting?

Sometimes I have doubts that there actually is a limit to how badly we can treat the people we consider to be family.