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->''"If my son talked like that, I'd beat him to within an inch of his life, I'd whip him senseless with my belt, and hold his head in the toilet till he was begging for mercy! I still don't see why the judge cut off my visitation rights."''
-->-- '''Sosumi''', ''Anime/UltimateMuscle''

Parents are supposed to be the protectors of children, but these parents are either so damaged themselves that they can't do the job, greedy or villainous to the point that they never had any interest in doing the job properly, or would rather use the child as a means to an end. Sometimes they're just {{sadist}}ic assholes.

This includes parents who are emotionally, verbally, physically, or mentally abusive, or who neglectfully allow their children to be abused by others if they don't abuse the child themselves; [[ParentalIncest sexual abuse]] in particular is typically treated as [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil a special kind of evil]]. Sometimes, the abuse at the hands of their parents becomes a FreudianExcuse for a villain. Other times, the character manages to [[DefiedTrope not grow up broken, bitter, and hateful]], and instead [[CharacterDevelopment a different and better person]] than the upbringing would incline one to think; they may even pass down their newfound betterment [[BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting to their own children]]. TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior is often a tell-tale sign that things are not right at home.

Abusive Parents are commonplace in {{fairy tale}}s and Myth/ClassicalMythology which makes this trope OlderThanFeudalism. Note that Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, when they collected European fairy tales, were uncomfortable with the idea of Abusive Parents and so frequently changed the Abusive Parents in the traditional stories into abusive [[WickedStepmother step-parents]].

Sometimes, a parent will go as far as to kill the child in question, in which case this is OffingTheOffspring. In other ways cases, the parent's abuse occasionally drives the offspring to ''snap'', commit {{Revenge}} and finally kill ''them'', thus becoming a SelfMadeOrphan. Although other times, the parents end up as a
KarmaHoudini. CallingTheOldManOut occurs when a fed-up child retaliates with a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. If the child [[AdoptingTheAbused gets out of the broken family and forms healthy friendships]], but reacts badly when their abusive parents show up again, well, FriendsAreChosenFamilyArent. Their new friends/family will likely be horrified/infuriated to learn what the parents did, as [[ChildAbuseIsASpecialKindOfEvil such actions are evil]].

Bear in mind that [[SlidingScaleOfParentShamingInFiction not everyone agrees on the line between actual abuse and merely heavy-handed parenting]] (or even ''normal'' parenting). Is MovingTheGoalposts merely inspiring the child to achieve more, or the most insidious form of abuse to instill mistrust and paranoia in the children? Some include [[DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff spanking]] as abuse; others think it's appropriate given certain guidelines. Some believe it's okay to make a kid go without a meal (they won't starve that easily); others disagree. Making a kid miss a friend's birthday sleepover -- is that ''emotional'' abuse? Raising a kid without exposure to TV? Telling your daughter she's getting fat? A little name-calling? There's a line here somewhere, but not everyone agrees on where it is.

If a parent has just dumped the child, for whatever reason, that's ParentalAbandonment; if they aren't paying attention, that's ParentalNeglect. If the parents refuse to discipline their kids, they are PushoverParents. Contrast MamaBear and PapaWolf (where ''others'' abuse the children and the parents abuse the abusers), the more extreme variant of KnightTemplarParent (where the abusive parent is violently overprotective) and AbusiveOffspring (where the children are abusive to their parents). AbusivePrecursors can be considered this, on a metaphorical level. See HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood for when this is [[ExaggeratedTrope cranked up to absurd levels]] and PlayedForLaughs. BlackComedy is often connected in the comedic aspect of it, and a BigScrewedUpFamily may be involved if it is adult comedy. In keeping with the above note, some may call the show on it and say DudeNotFunny. See EvilMatriarch and ArchnemesisDad for characters who are beyond ''abusive'' and outright ''evil''. Abusive-type parents are mostly [[NotoriousParent wanted criminals being chased by the law]]. For grandparents who abuse their grandchildren, see GruesomeGrandparent.

While they do not have to be the child's actual, technical parents to be part of this trope, they must be closely related and live together, like a WickedStepmother or an EvilUncle taking care of the Parentally Deprived. After all, it's ''much'' more disgusting that somebody related to the child could bring themselves to hurt them, rather than a mere foster family.

As in RealLife, this trope can make a child [[HatesTheirParent Hate Their Parent]].

{{Supertrope}} to PimpingTheOffspring. If the abused child insists that their parents are good people despite their mistreatment, it's DelusionsOfParentalLove.

When the abused child in question grows up and starts their own family, they will sometimes vow not to make the same mistakes their parents did with them and will try to treat their own children better with the hopes of BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting. The psychological damage of abusive parenting can lead to ConditionedToBeWeak, where the abused child is too scared of their abuser to retaliate so they just follow orders to avoid their wrath.

The polar opposite, of course, is GoodParents. Also not to be confused with TeasingParent, who plays harmless jokes on their kids without intending to hurt them.

Unfortunately, Abusive Parents are TruthInTelevision and a very sensitive topic for many, so Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease It is sufficient to say [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abuse they do exist]] and that they are also too common.

'''Note:''' Please do not use this trope for complaining about parents you don't like.
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!!Example subpages:

[[index]]
* AbusiveParents/AnimeAndManga
* AbusiveParents/ComicBooks
* AbusiveParents/FanWorks
* [[AbusiveParents/AnimatedFilms Films — Animation]]
* [[AbusiveParents/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
* AbusiveParents/{{Literature}}
* AbusiveParents/LiveActionTV
* AbusiveParents/{{Music}}
* AbusiveParents/{{Theatre}}
* AbusiveParents/VideoGames
* AbusiveParents/VisualNovels
* AbusiveParents/{{Webcomics}}
* AbusiveParents/WebVideos
* AbusiveParents/WesternAnimation
[[/index]]

!!Other examples:

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[[folder:Advertising]]
* There's a series of Jell-o pudding commercials that feature parents punishing their children for stealing it for themselves in ways that can only be described as this. One of them has a mother telling her daughter a story which is a not-so-disguised threat that she'll take her daughter's favorite things (a bike, her teddy bear) and throw them away until the girl gives her the empty containers. Another is told in nursery-rhyme style, featuring a little girl who is sent to work at a coal mine for stealing a pudding. The latter is ambiguous enough so one doesn't know if the child is merely being threatened or if she's already been sent away. There was another ad where two parents scare their children lifeless over the pudding, giving a campfire-story threat involving the "Chocobeast."
* ''Advertising/{{Skittles}}'': The mother in "Harvest the Rainbow" refuses to call a doctor for her son, who has a skittles tree growing out of his stomach, because he's her orchard. Similarly, she considers his dream of going to college silly. From the state her son is in, he's not had a bath or change of clothes in a long time and may not be let into the house anymore. As a bonus, the mother is played by Creator/BethGrant, who often gets cast as an abusive monster.
* All of NSPCC's ads. Especially 1999’s “Don’t Look”, which features a baby being murdered offscreen.
* An Australian charity ran a campaign trying to challenge public perception that victims of child abuse should somehow forget or "get over" the trauma as adults. It ran a PSA with a father giving a speech at his daughter's wedding about how he sexually abused her as a child, and everyone (including the bride and groom) laughing along. A radio campaign took a similar format with an athlete giving an acceptance speech thanking his abusive father for making him learn to run fast, and a woman happily reminiscing at her elderly mother's birthday party about how the mother neglected and emotionally abused her daughter.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpReQprVjag Another NSPCC PSA]] showed a father abusing an animated version of his son, complete with a WildTake or two and over-the-top reactions and pratfalls... until the end, when he throws the boy down the stairs. The real kicker is the message at the end: Real children don't bounce back.
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[[folder:Fairy Tales]]
* "Literature/TheFoolOfTheWorldAndTheFlyingShip": The fool's parents are verbally abusive to the fool, not being supportive of him when he wanted to go out and build a flying ship. They also only gave him scraps of food for his journey instead of the lovely meal they gave to his two brothers.
* "Literature/{{Morozko}}": The old woman constantly berates her stepdaughter, to the point that the poor child cries every night, and in the beginning of the tale the old woman attempts to get her killed.
* "Literature/MaidMaleen": The titular princess refuses to go through with an arranged marriage, so her father tries to "break her spirit" by locking her away in a tower for seven years.
* "Literature/HansTheHedgehog": Hans' father regrets having wished for his half-urchin son to be born and literally wishes him dead. He is all too happy when Hans leaves home on his own initiative, and he does not even care when Hans returns with a big herd of pigs to feed the village with. He only starts caring when Hans returns again, now fully human and married to a princess.
* "Literature/MotherHolle": The main character's stepmother forces her to work until her hands are bleeding. In the ''Webcomic/{{Erstwhile}}'' version, it is seen that the woman dotes on her biological daughter as long as she obeys orders and does not talk back.
* "Literature/PrinceIvanTheWitchBabyAndTheLittleSisterOfTheSun": In Arthur Ransome's version, Prince Ivan's parents cared little for his mute son, whose "dumbness" they were constantly moaning about, so it should not come as a surprise that Ivan "spent all his time in the stables, listening to the tales of an old groom".
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[[folder:Jokes]]
Real child abuse isn't funny, period. However there is BlackHumor and ComedicSociopathy. With that being said:
* There's a whole line of short "Mommy Mommy" jokes that are popular:
-->"Mommy-mommy, why do I keep walking in circles?"\\
"Shut up dear, or I'll nail your other foot to the floor."\\
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"Mommy-mommy, why is Daddy running back and forth across the field?"\\
"Shut up and reload, dear."\\
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"Mommy-mommy, why can't Daddy have a proper burial?\\
"Shut up and keep flushing, dear."\\
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"Mommy-mommy, Grandma has a huge mole on her leg!"\\
"Shut up and eat around it, dear."

* A mother is making jam in the kitchen, and her legless son plays in the other room. He calls for her to bring him some jam, and she answers that he can easily walk to the kitchen. "But I have no legs..." "No legs, no jam!"
** This joke is also told in the "No arms, no cartoons" variety.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
* Myth/ClassicalMythology is full of child abuse.
** Ouranos and Cronos both made a practice of imprisoning their children at birth: Ouranos threw them in Tartarus, while Cronos [[SwallowedWhole swallowed them whole]].
** Greek mortals abuse their children just as often in myth. For example, Echetus stabbed out his daughter's eyes, chained her in a cellar, and made her grind bronze chunks to dust. Acrisius locked his daughter Danae in solitary confinement to prevent her from having children, and then threw her in a box and dumped her in the sea when she got pregnant from Zeus. Mythical women suffer various physical punishments and sometimes death for getting pregnant out of wedlock, even when they were raped. Beating kids barely even gets mentioned in Classical Greece, except when someone like comedian Creator/{{Aristophanes}} mocks moral relativists by depicting them as opposed to beating them.
** When Hephaestus was born, his mother Hera tossed him off a cliff because she ''thought he was too ugly.'' (He survived.)
* [[IronWoobie Kullervo]] in ''Literature/TheKalevala'' is abused so badly he becomes an OmnicidalManiac and kills himself. At the end of the canto, Väinämöinen especially warns of abusing children, stating that "a boy abused will never have the mind of a man".
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[[folder:Podcasts & Radio]]
* ''Podcast/CompelledDual'': Leoril and Phirora's father, Morlin, regularly used enchantment magic on Leoril before he left, and deadnames him behind closed doors. He also [[spoiler: casts Dominate Person on Phirora]] in episode 17. It's little wonder that Leoril's ultimate goal is to see the man dead.
* ''Podcast/EdeValley'': Tommy's father is verbally and physically abusive, exploding at him for playing with Tarot cards, burning him with cigarettes, and [[spoiler:nearly choking him to death with a belt.]]
* In ''Podcast/InStrangeWoods'', Howl's father was emotionally and physically abusive to him, and he grew up in a house without love.
* Main character Julian in podcast ''Podcast/TheOrbitingHumanCircusOfTheAir'' was beaten by his stepfather, and one time was hit so hard on the side of the head it's possible he got brain damage.
%%* ''Podcast/RandomAssault'': Mitch Rozetar was raised by Roman Catholics. Enough said.
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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* Before awareness campaigns of the 1980s, a child "physical abuse"-type promo [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood was often played for laughs]]. More common with regional promotions that had their own syndicated TV programs, a heel wrestler or tag team would seriously and in a normal but concerned tone of voice deliver a promo recounting a supposed meeting with a sad-eyed boy or girl, who is crying because (s)he can no longer take his/her father's physical abuse, the wrestler then asking the child if he'd go live with his/her mother to which the boy claims she beats him/her also, then asking who he'd like to live with, to which the kid says, "I wanna go live with (whatever face wrestler/tag team said heels are currently feuding)... because he/they don't beat nobody!" ...with the heel wrestler's demeanor suddenly turning from somber to mocking as he delivers the punch line.
* [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]] often acted this way toward his son Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon, daughter [[Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon Stephanie [=McMahon=]]], and his [[{{Kayfabe}} out-of-wedlock "son"]] Wrestling/{{Hornswoggle}} in angles.
** When Shane returned to RAW on February 22, 2016, people at the stadium heard something [[https://youtu.be/gLir-eIPOfs that was censored from the TV broadcast.]]
--->'''Vincent''': ''(Into the mic)'' Good, because I have one last opportunity- ''(further away, [[IsThisThingStillOn but still audible via mic]])'' to give you a fucking beating.
* Wrestling/{{Raven}} claimed that both of his parents beat the crap out of him. Wrestling/CMPunk also said he had issues with his dad, and that he was going to beat Raven because he saw his father in Raven. Some cycle there, huh?
* Toward the end of 2005, ''Raw'' wrestler [[Wrestling/TheWorldsGreatestTagTeam Shelton Benjamin]] began losing most of his matches. It wasn't long before his overbearing "Momma" (actually actress Thea [=Vidale=] in "granny" glasses and a muumuu) showed up on television to reprimand him, threatening to beat him (just as she supposedly did when he was a boy) if he didn't start winning matches. Benjamin began cheating to win or allowing Momma Benjamin to cheat for him, thus turning heel.
* Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa would joke about how her rival, "Sweet" Saraya, would treat her kids and declared she was going to beat [[Wrestling/{{Paige}} Britani Kight]] in her mother's steed when they met in Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}}.
* During his early hype vignettes, Wrestling/BrayWyatt said his daddy was a mean man who made him work on his shrimping boat instead of going to school. Bray [[KillItWithFire set fire]] to his dad's boat - and implied that [[SelfMadeOrphan his dad died in that fire]].
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[[folder:Roleplays]]
* ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'':
** Mrs. Miller forced all her expectations onto Jacob, which eventually developed into her emotionally abusing him if he didn't match up to her standards. His [[ScheduleFanatic obsession with routine]] is his way of coping with it.
** Benedict's father micromanages his life, expecting him to get the best possible grades so that he can inherit the family legacy. Even worse, he's blatantly homophobic, going so far as to hurl slurs at his son. As a result, Benedict has become haughty and stand-offish in order to conceal his issues of self-worth.
** Daigo's father and stepmother physically abused him, outed him as bisexual, and frequently mocked his Japanese heritage. This only stopped when his stepmother passed away, and his father grew too frail to hurt him anymore- which, in turn, led to Daigo [[BestServedCold exacting his revenge]] against the old man.
** Emmanuel's lack of self-esteem and self-control are a result of his mother, who verbally abuses him about being overweight. Even after he gained a super metabolism and slimmed down, she still tore into him when she found him eating cookies.
* Fairly common as a backstory for characters in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'', in that there are at least several examples per version. It was particularly common in v1 and v2, and while it isn't as common in later versions they still pop up. V2's [[DarkActionGirl Mariavel Varella]] is one such example, having been abused physically (and in a retconned thread, sexually) by her father, who also [[OffingTheOffspring killed her brother]].
* In ''Roleplay/TouhouAGlimmerOfAnOutsideWorld'', Marisa's father. Amongst other things, he threw her out -- despite Marisa's being sixteen or seventeen at the most -- and hit her when she tried to get back in.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/ArsMagica'' has it come up both in a blood-relation manner and a mentor-student manner. The Gift causes people to feel a great sense of discomfort around magi, and those children born with the Gift frequently find themselves on the wrong end of their parents's irritation. As for master-student, the Code that magi follow allows all sorts of nastiness done to apprentices, up to and including ''murder''. Even passing the Apprentice's Gauntlet and becoming a full-fledged magus might not be enough to escape this; the Flaw "Tormenting Master" indicates that once per year, your parens clears two weeks out of their schedule and spends them trying to break your life to pieces. (Because House Tytalus is built around interpersonal conflict, most Tytalus magi might as well put this Flaw on their character sheet before they even start spending points.)
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/AbilityNoX'': When [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v00pfYihEpU Ayame]] manifested her ability to hear the flowers, her parents frequently abused her because they wanted to cover it up. This made Ayame resentful of her ability and the flowers and she began to hurt them.
* ''WebAnimation/ActuallyHappened'': In the video ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ky-X_vIRTc I Failed To Save My Girl From Her Father,]]'' a boy learns that his girlfriend's father is the abusive ex of his aunt. He notices that both his girlfriend Emma and her mother show signs of being abused. When the boy mentions his worries to Emma, she gets angry at him for accusing her dad. The two end up breaking up.
* ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased'': Martin Blyndeff isn't actively ''violent'' to his kids, but the fact that his daughter Molly, who's ''twelve'', has ended up having to run a business effectively by herself, do the taxes, claw herself an education on the side, cook, clean and do everything else, while Lorelei is mostly just left to disappear into her dream worlds with Martin only showing up occasionally to get inspiration for the toys he makes, makes him [[HateSink easily the most hated person in the series]].
* ''{{WebAnimation/Helluva Boss}}'':
** The FlashbackEpisode "The Circus” showed that neither Blitzo’s nor Stolas’s fathers are winning the “Father Of The Year”-award any time soon:
*** While no details about how Blitzo was treated are shown, what little is shown doesn’t paint a rosy picture of his father Cash Buckzo: Not only did he seem to favor Blitzo’s friend Fizzarolli over him, he valued his own son so little that he was willing to rent him out [[spoiler: as Stolas’s playdate for a day]] for ''[[ComicallySmallBribe five bucks and a condom.]]'' [[spoiler: He also strong-armed the young boy into using the opportunity to steal valuable items from the Goetia manor by guilt-tripping and subtly threatening him.]]
*** Stolas’s father Paimon is of the [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]] variety; He can’t remember Stolas’s name because he has “so fucking many” children, shows NoSympathy for Stolas’s tearful reaction to discovering that he’s [[ArrangedMarriage betrothed]] to [[EnfantTerrible Stella]], can’t be bothered to attend the titular circus in person despite offering to take Stolas there and [[DopeSlap hits his son in the head]] [[spoiler: for politely bowing to Blitzo when greeting him [[FantasticRacism just because Blitzo is of a lower social standing.]]]] Interestingly, Paimon seems to be [[ObliviouslyEvil genuinely unaware of how shitty a father he is]], as immediately after hitting Stolas, he praises himself for being “so good at daddying”.
** “Exes And Oohs” introduces [[MafiaPrincess Moxxie’s]] [[TheDon mob boss]] father Crimson, and hoo boy: Of the fathers shown so far, he not only takes the cake, but also the plate, server and table it was served on. Despite tricking I.M.P into coming to the Greed Ring for some ”business dealings” with his son, [[AffablyEvil he seems affable enough at first]], treating them to dinner and offering them rooms for the night. (Though Moxxie’s ''[[{{OhCrap}} viscerally]]'' [[RapidFireNo negative]] reaction to finding out where they’ve been taken and general discomfort [[{{Foreshadowing}} are some pretty big red flags]]) As soon as they’re alone, though, [[FauxAffablyEvil Crimson shows his true colors;]] He slaps Moxxie so hard that the younger imp is thrown off his feet, reveals that the ”business deal” involves [[ArrangedMarriage forcing him to marry is ex-boyfriend]] [[DepravedBisexual Chaz]], ignoring the fact that Moxxie is already HappilyMarried, just so that Crimson can get access to Chaz’s [[spoiler: non-existent]] assets, and threatens to have both Moxxie and Millie killed if Moxxie doesn’t comply. [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain He’s also shown to be homophobic and sexist]], (Again, the only reason he’s arranging the marriage is because he wants Chaz’s money) [[NoBisexuals and he refuses to accept his son’s bisexuality]], accusing him of using Millie as TheBeard. And when Moxxie finally [[CallingTheOldManOut stands up to him]], [[spoiler: he has his right-hand man knock Moxxie unconscious, [[DraggedIntoDrag forces him into a wedding dress]], [[BoundAndGagged ties him up and gags him]] to forcefully marry him off.]] A flashback shows that [[spoiler: [[ChildrenForcedToKill he was forcing Moxxie to execute people]] [[HarmfulToMinors at an age where he could barely use a knife and fork]], and when the boy hesitated to give some poor sap the CementShoes treatment, Crimson slammed his head into the cinderblock and threatened to drown him, too, should he ever disobey him. He’s also shown [[DomesticAbuse to have been abusive to his wife]], and he's implied to have ultimately ''killed'' her [[EveryoneHasStandards for opposing his cruelty]] [[MamaBear and trying to protect Moxxie from him.]]]]
* ''WebAnimation/AoharuMangaLibrary'': Several episodes portray Keiichi's parents as deadbeat ones who take the antagonist role.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AriBM_FKn5Q My Parents Forced Me to Marry the CEO's Daughter But We're Poor Farmers…]]'': Keiichi's parents are being impulsive gamblers who squander his grandfather's farm and its tools, pulled Keiichi out of college just to manage the farm, set him up to an ArrangedMarriage with a CEO's daughter named Yui while micromanaging his spending only so he can provide for their gambling addiction. Thankfully, Yui and her father are reasonable people (even if Yui started out a bit spoiled), and eventually Keiichi just flat-out disowns his parents.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuLAg_PVdMw I Was a Runaway Boy with No Money and a Woman Rescued Me. But 7 Years Later, She...]]'': Keiichi's mother married another man with a daughter, Kanon. Both of them then exercise ParentalFavoritism at Keiichi's expense. Later, the father tries to buy off Nagisa's restaurant without her consent because he thinks of himself as a property salesman pro, not realizing that he was scammed. Keiichi defends Nagisa's restaurant with his own education, and even Kanon rejects them, actually preferring Keiichi's kindness and not amused with how her parents favor her at the expense of Keiichi.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW0J5gGQ1TY I Was Forced to Marry Yakuza's Daughter For Parents' Debt But She's Actually...]]'': Keiichi's parents accrued a debt with the {{Yakuza}} via gambling in the past, and now they overly depend on Keiichi to pay off the debts with his work on a diner and an ArrangedMarriage with [[MafiaPrincess the Yakuza patriarch's daughter, Nagisa]], who turns out to be hardworking on her own and falls for him for real. The parents also do not even congratulate Keiichi on his birthday. Thankfully, the Yakuza patriarch turns out to be a reasonable man and approves Keiichi and Nagisa's relationship based on mutual trust and affection. When the parents' gambling addiction and abuse of Keiichi are revealed, the patriarch is more than happy to relocate said deadbeat parents to [[PlaceWorseThanDeath a harsh working place somewhere near the seas, where the oldest worker there is in their nineties.]]
* ''WebAnimation/ETUAnimatedStories'': Many stories feature neglectful or downright abusive parents. Some of them are very petty.
** Milton's parents gave him a poor education and actively sabotage his efforts to be successful just because he wasn't born a girl. Although later in turned out they weren't his real parents.
** Another story had the protagonist being locked away for years by her mother because she was "too pretty". Though the mother's boyfriend broke her out and escaped with her.
* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': [[BumblingDad Pop]] usually gets his son Cub killed or injured due to obliviousness, but he's lapsed into this tertiary on a few occasions, including whenever he tries to be a PapaWolf. For instance, hammering a nail into Cub's face to hide it, yanking him out of a kitchen sink by tying a rope around his neck and car, intentionally breaking off his spine, etc. He killed Cub on purpose once even, in a last-ditch effort [[ItMakesSenseInContext to finish off a demon inside him]] (which unknown to him, had already been liberated by then). One early draft of an episode even had Pop intentionally setting Cub's dead body on fire to dispose of his corpse.
* In ''WebAnimation/AlfredsPlayhouse'', Alfred's parents were very neglectful of him and tried to drown him in the bathtub; he is the result of an unsuccessful abortion. His abuse is the reason why he's so crazy.
* Many of the parents seen in "[[YouAreGrounded Grounded]]" Platform/GoAnimate videos will ground their kids for insanely long periods of time at the slightest provocation. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpvK9panYYE Starting crying over scary dreams]]? Grounded for "Triple Infinity" because you aren't allowed to have nightmares. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZKyMe4-PnA Accidentally left the faucet running at school]]? Not only do you get expelled, but you also get grounded [[SarcasmMode just because your parents love you so much]]. In a few instances, they'll even celebrate sending the kid to their room by throwing parties or going out to Chuck E. Cheese's without them.
* ''WebAnimation/HommerSimpson'': Hommer is responsible for the death of his daughter Maggie, but is also shown to be repeatedly rude and abusive to Bart and (especially) Lissa.
* ''WebAnimation/MyPride'': Powerstrike is a female example of this. She names her disabled daughter Nothing, then tells her that she only sees wasted potential when she looks at her. Though it is downplayed with her other daughter, Farleap, who says that she spent all of her life trying to impress her mother.
* ''WebAnimation/MyStoryAnimated'': Carol and Lana's father from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sMu14aWqs4 "I Found My Missing Sister In A Graveyard"]] allows his second wife to [[WickedStepmother torment her stepdaughters]] and gets physically abusive with Carol.
* In ''WebAnimation/Nameless2005'', it's heavily implied that [[spoiler: Miller's]] mom molested him, which could be the reason why he's so [[AxCrazy screwed up.]]
* ''WebAnimation/OverSimplified'': A frequent issue among a number of world leaders:
** The fathers of Stalin and Hitler were abusive drunks who physically assaulted their children. The "This enraged his father, who punished him severely" meme associated with the channel comes from that phrase being used to the point of RunningGag in the Hitler video.
** Alexander III was verbally abusive as well as neglectful to his son, the future Nicholas II, calling him a "girly girl" and refusing to actually teach him how to be a ruler until just before his death.
* ''WebAnimation/RockNRollDad'': Murry Wilson likes hurting his son Brian's feelings.
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** From the start of the series, Weiss Schnee heavily implies that Jacques, her father was abusive towards her and possibly her sister while they were growing up. He received a lot of stress from dealing with the White Fang's terrorist acts against the Schnee Dust Company, so he often would come home from work in a less than pleasant mood. Once we see him in Volume 4, he's revealed to be a merciless sociopath who only cares about the family name - which he, in fact, married into and took for himself - and has no qualms about disinheriting Weiss for disobeying him one too many times.
** There's also Mercury, whose father is all but stated to be an alcoholic who regularly beat him [[spoiler: and is the reason [[AnArmAndALeg he lost his legs]], [[SelfMadeOrphan but not for the reason you'd think]]]]. Then comes ''Lost'' where it turns out the abuse was even worse. Marcus specifically trained Mercury to be a killer and once [[spoiler: he unlocked his Semblance, Marcus used his own to take it, saying he'd give it back when Mercury was strong and referring to it as a crutch. Long story short, Mercury didn’t regain it, and probably never will]].
** [[spoiler: Cinder]] was essentially MadeASlave by their adoptive mother, who forced them to act as child labor in her upper-class hotel, and was made to wear a ShockCollar that was triggered whenever [[spoiler: Cinder]] was disobedient, or simply made a mistake.
** Nora reveals in private to Ren that her mother was a DirtyCoward who abandoned Nora during a Grimm attack to try and save her own life, which is how she ended up a StreetUrchin in Kuroyuri.
* ''WebAnimation/StoryBooth'': Due to the topics revolving around the horrors of daily life, plenty of stories will involve this. Here are a few examples:
** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mXS0_YMT6Y8 "Mean Mom"]] revolves around Sydney's mother constantly bullying and beating up her own daughter for not being good enough. This results in Sydney going through severe depression, even ''inflicting self-harm'' due to her mother's bullying.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vtb64wZkzs "16 and Pregnant"]] has Poppy's parents [[KickTheDog disowning her]] once they figure out she was pregnant with Aiden's child. The kicker is that Aiden ''extorted'' her into having sex with him, [[LackOfEmpathy but the parents clearly couldn't care less]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXpgu7Zaxl4 "My 'Perfect' Dad Wasn't Who I Thought He Was"]] centers on Zion, whose father forced her to ''view pornography and violent content'', made her ''sit in the bathtub with her brother'', and even [[WouldHurtAChild physically assaulted her]] on one occasion. After Zion's mother confronts him for his behavior, he blackmails her by threatening to take her children away. Once doctors became suspicious about the family's mental health, they called 911 and had him arrested.
* The titular ''WebAnimation/SaladFingers'' has his "family" introduced in episode 11 as a BigBrotherBully and an unpleasant matriarch who lives in mirrors and reflections. While it is unknown whether or not the Glass Mother is in any way his ''actual'' mother, she is verbally abusive and gets him to poison himself. His father is not any better, going by her final words before Salad Fingers [[SealedEvilInACan seals the last of her away in a box after breaking the mirror]].
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* The "extreme neglect" part of this trope is PlayedForLaughs in this ''[[http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/dave-engledow-worlds-best-father World's Best Father]]'' photo series by photographer Dave Engledow.
* ''Website/DragonCave'': Neglected dragons are the result of an egg not getting any views until close to its time of death. They are extremely rare however, and ironically they are very sought after because of their rarity (the process usually results in killing the egg instead).
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