A whirlwind of death, abuse and twisted love stories, the circumstances in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights are anything but ordinary. Although bad choices and complicated love stories play a role in how the plot unfolds, a deeper analysis shows that lack of proper parenting is one of the root causes of this upheaval, as it seriously affects the child as well as subsequent generations. are obliged to love and care for their children with equal possessions, conflicts arise when parents resort to favoritism, eventually affecting the child's adult life later. At the beginning of the book, Heathcliff disrupts the balance that once reigned in the Earnshaw household, "...Heathcliff as a usurper of his parents' affections and his privileges..." (48). Because Mr. Earnshaw openly preferred Heathcliff to his own biological son, Hindley Earnshaw felt not only resentment and jealousy towards Heathcliff, but also a sense of remorse because he could never find favor in his father's eyes as he wished. . As Heathcliff came between Mr. Earnshaw and his son, Hindley seemingly lost the father figure in his life. As Hindley grew up to become a father, his low self-esteem and distorted view of the world accompanied him. As Hindley is the victim of favoritism, this has shaped him into a very vulnerable character. This ultimately led Hindley to become the drunken, corrupt and abusive parent he is to his own son, Hareton. Hindley not only hated his son, but rather repeated the past by implementing the same actions his father took towards him. Hindley, gambler and drunkard, dissociated himself from his own son, neglecting him just as Mr. Earnshaw had done years before. It is true that there were other possible factors that...... middle of paper ....stop it, they continued to let the mistreatment continue. This ultimately leads Heathcliff to express the same feelings he once had about his son and other people around him. In all the anarchy of the novel, the main source of unrest comes from the lack of proper parenting that is implied upon the children. . As children look to their parents for guidance, they absorb, learn, and replay exactly what they observe in their elders; therefore, a child's behavior ultimately reflects their experiences at home and their parents' attitudes toward them. The children of Wuthering Heights must deal with their own parents' mistakes and failures, leading to an emotionally torn and self-victimized child. The corrupt ways they learned from their parents lead to similar actions and emotions presented to the next generation..