
katha wrote:Honestly, just giving birth to a child and then not abandoning him doesn't make you exempt from all criticism. Eminem slams her for neglecting and abusing him. If what he says is true (and his mother's public behaviour isn't exactly refuting his claims...) then he has every right to air his grievances. Children are vulnerable and totally dependent on their parents, it must have been scary growing up in that household. You also aren't owed love, loyalty and devotion just by being a parent. You earn that by being a good, loving and responsible parent.
Sadly repeating the dysfunctional patterns you learned at home is all too common, so perhaps it's not all that surprising that Em became an addict and that addiction wrecked havoc on his relationships with his children. But he takes responsibilty in his songs for all that as well. Deja Vu is just scathing, all that wit and ridicule directed against himself.
You can't blame someone for dissing their Mother if she's not being one.