Nando's Discussion Question 7/28

In the book The Last American Man we see the relationship between Eustace jr and Eustace sr. and see how horrible it is. Eustace senior use to embarrass his son in front of his family and make him do problems till 3 o clock in the morning till the young Eustace got the problems right. In life many kids don't have good relationships with there father some don't even have a father but if you have a father would you make the best of the situation of having a bad relationship with a bad father that puts you over the edge?To some of you is this type of father common like a father you couldn't look up too?