maybe? but I am just reading the post.

I mean even if the start had been explicit about abusive parents I would have been OK with the post... but even the wording "a household where someone's mood shifts the atmosphere" come on!...

Anecdote time:

I love music and it is rare I am not playing some music when I am at home. When I have been out of town, my kids (grown already) had said the house felt sad because there was no music playing.

Similarly, when our cat of 20 years died, my mood was not very lively and I did not feel like listening to music... ergo, the house was indeed sadder than normal.

This anecdote fits the post to a T... yes I am taking it literally but there are LOTS of ways this could have been written more clearly and not cast a hurried mom (slamming cabinets) or a worried dad (quieter then usual at dinner) as abusive.

Finally, to clarify, this concerns me because TONS of kids read this stuff and swallow it entirely.