Perhaps the father wasn’t around but I suspect the was drugged for most of his life, ADHD, depression, etc. it’s child abuse IMO give children mind altering drugs from an early age and not expect horrible outcomes in some of those children
A friend of mine (she’s a school psychologist) and I were just discussing this yesterday. She was horrified at the anti-psychotic medications being prescribed to Kindergarteners and 1st graders. Society/schools expect children to sit quietly for hours on end and just work. IMHO there isn’t enough play time built into the school day for kids to be kids. Problem is when kids start trying to behave like normal kids they are getting put on psychotropic medications. I fear for the long range impact these drugs are going to have on these kids.