And again, how is that enabling abuse? How is that treating them like a possession?

I'm not excusing his wanting a child army. I'm not excusing his using kids as bullet shields. I'm not excusing any of the other garbage he's done.

I'm saying that that gif, without any further context, does not immediately scream abuse. You've failed to give any evidence counter, just screamed obscenities.

I've spent quite a bit of time recently taking to teachers and early development specialists and friends with kids trying to avoid the mistakes my conservative "Christian" parents made. One of the common things they've all said is the kid will need time to just be a kid and learn and when they're busy monkeying around is a good time to do your hobbies and recharge.

I've spent 12 hours playing with my friends kids, taking them to a park, pushing on swings, letting them burn off energy and play and explore, and seen them immediately turn around ready to keep going. You're saying parents are expected to just keep going then? Not, say, set limits and boundaries?

You really need to grow up and actually step into the world and live a little instead of being a keyboard warrior if you think screaming and name calling someone actually asking for an explanation is healthy.