True.. I'm pretty sure her father had a traumatic experience in his youth, or he is an alcoholic. Which doesn't say that he is allowed to do what he does, but it does explain what he does. Then I don't think he's aware of what he's doing to his family.. and he could regret it shortly after doing it, but that doesn't stop him from doing it again. He needs help, but his family needs help sooner The best thing to do is for his wife to leave him, go to the police and sue custody for her kids, but then yet again, that's a hard, thing to do and his wife is probably scared too ..