Is that they only give attempt to give a shit about because you are related to them.

I also have asshole parents, a mother that lies, gaslights, exaggerates and manipulates, and a father that is angry 24/7 and looking for the slightest reason grab my head from the back and slam it into the closest wall or table, yells for no reason at me whatsoever and expects too much from me. Meanwhile he expects me to fight back against the bullies that treat me like shit on the daily and meanwhile the biggest bully lives with me inside my house. What’s the point? 

I decided to play an inside joke on my mother that we’d both understand, after a brief session of screaming at me because my grades weren’t perfect, I told her that she was doing such a great job as a mother that I wish I could be her father and treat her the exact same way that she treats me. No more, no less. She understood the joke, went dead silent and stared right into my eyes.