Board Thread:COMPLETE BULLSHIT Forum/@comment-130.126.72.213-20140318220905/@comment-13965604-20140319174626

98.209.42.117 wrote: I can't believe there's people here that think it's no big deal that a drunk parent knocked their kid down a flight of stairs. Let's put it into context. The fact that he was drunk at the time means his mom could have had him ARRESTED (the involvement of Stiles dad). She could use that event in a custody suit. It also could have damaged his law enforcement career. Maybe he thought if he stayed, he wouldn't be able to control a potential drinking problem. Therefore, maybe he thought he was capable of hurting him again.

In regards to his mother, as Paul said, the severity of the event really plays no part in this. As a mother, she has a natural fear that Scott would blame her for not having a relationship with his father. The Nogitsune was trying to use that natural fear against her. This isn't rocket science.

I consider the "accident" a big deal, and if they hadn't had Stiles tell Melissa that Scott would hate her when he found out, i would've had no issue with the secret. But he did. And there's a big difference between being upset with her over it, and hating her for it. And like Scott said, it's not that it happened, it's that he never came back that is the issue. Even if Melissa did get him arrested, and used it in court against him, he still would have had legal visitation rights. She can't not allow him to see his son, if he wanted to.