Wendy is just as much a child abuser as Jack is
When Jack broke Danny's arm Wendy had a duty to get Danny away from him and she didn't, instead she continued to subject an innocent child to his abuser. She's is criminally negligent.
shareI don't know of that qualifies Jack as an abuser, certainly not a chronic abuser, it was probably seen as a one time incident.
It is not shown n the movie well, but according to S King, part of the story is about Jack's struggels with alcoholism. The incident with Danny involved alcohol.
Yes and if his alcoholism is hurting Danny she needs to get him out
shareHe quit drinking right after that, so it was probably understood it would no longer happen again. It should also be noted that the initial incident was by accident anyway. Jack was trying to pull Danny away from the mess but in his drunken stupor, pulled too hard. He didn't purposefully hurt him.
shareIt doesn't matter, he's still a danger to the kid. You have to put your child above your spouse.
shareI agree but I think if they never went to the Overlook, Jack would have never been a threat again.
shareYou could be right, I don't know if CPS would see it that way though. (Although CPS may have not been as tough as they are today back in 1979-1980).
shareYeah, times were different in the late 70's/early 80's. Things might have played out differently now.
shareToday, CPS isnt as eager to separate children from parents as some of you are.
If a modern parent hurt a child while hammered, and then got treatment and sobered up and stayed sober, there might still be an open file but they would neither be working to take the kid away, or telling the wife it's her duty to get a divorce. Of course, there's no way in hell a competent caseworker would okay Jack's plan to spend six months snowbound...
Also there are many interpretations for the Shining, but unlike the book I think Jack was already a little on the edge before they even went to the Overlook, also the way the film seems to pan out it seems that Jack was cursed to return to the Overlook regardless so he could provide the Indians whose land was desecrated a blood sacrifice. Now let's say something happened and he wasn't able to make it to the Overlook whether movie Jack would have still gone crazy is up in the air and your guess is as good as mine (Book Jack would not have gone crazy, I read the book back when I was 13 but from what I remember they made it clear that Jack was actually possessed by the hotel and that he wasn't the same Jack).
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