How you do in life is not dictated by your parents. Your parents could be divorced, alcoholics, not around, a high school dropout, or fighting. However, who says you me parents future has to become yours. For example, in the "Peculiar Intelligence of Parrots" by Garth Stein, a boy named Trevor and his little brother Joby don't have the best adult role models. Their parents are divorced, they hate each other, and they're not around much. They have to rely on each other to survive through some tough situations. This doesn't just happen in stories. People in real life struggle with this too. For example, a girl I know named Mary has family struggles. But that doesn't dictate who she's going to be as a person. Her mother and father are split up
