Someone on AskReddit asked for parents to share their harrowing experiences with what drove them to disown their children. The resulting stories are pretty dang heartbreaking. Proceed at your own risk. 

Text - sonoran22 19h she started stealing from us as a kid, then it moved up to forged checks, stole her sisters Christmas gifts. Then there were the multiple arrests, conversion, theft, assault, drugs. The final straw was when she dumped her kid and left town to fool with a married man for several years. Kid is 11, he has had a long haul. Everything she say is just a bunch of lies and more lies. And Yes she has had counselling numerous times. It hurts but it is more peaceful, did I mention the