If ever there was a story advocating the fair treatment of children, it is Mary Shelley's story of Frankenstein. Victor Frankenstein is responsible for his child's bad behavior. Frankenstein, like many other would-be parents, irrationally sought to create life, without any conceptualization of the work that would go into raising the child. From the moment the baby is born, Victor refuses the positive education of his toddler in favor of friends and his own selfish needs; his unreasonable expectations of baby, give rise to his estrangement from baby, he ultimately condemns his own child to a life of crime and unhappiness. Immediately after giving birth, Victor gets the baby blues and feels overwhelmed by the situation he has found himself in. . Birth, under normal circumstances, is considered a blessing; Victor calls the event a catastrophe and calls his child a creature and a wretch. Losing all self-control, he flies into a fit of selfish rage, describing the strenuous effort that brought the being to life. His disappointment is evident as he rushes out of the room, horrified by what he calls monster. Victor forgets that the newborn is not yet a man whom he can blame for his own imperfections. His ardor is waning and he lacks a support group of family and friends who rally around each new parent for this very reason; Victor begins to resent the thoughtful culture and aspirations he sought for his child. Parenting guru tells new parents to adjust their expectations based on the baby; Victor can't do that. He sees his child in a romantic light until a spark of life enters the baby's lifeless yellow eyes, after which Victor loses all rational thought and abandons his blessing in the hands of an apathetic society. H...... middle of paper...... the creature must not have hated Frankenstein during the entire chase and later, depressing moments of Frankenstein's life. The boy just wanted to get his father's attention. The scene most representative of Frankenstein's gluttonous and indulgent neglect is that of the first moments of his child's life. It only takes one night to direct his creature towards the path of destructive apathy. Frankenstein has no care for those around him and should never have been given the secret of life, given his lack of concern for family and obvious disregard for the life-creating laws of nature ; and the man, hiding information about a dangerous being. Victor mistreats his son with words and neglect, then wonders why his creature acts harmfully toward others. The 1700s were primitive, but those of the time should have recognized the need for parenting classes..