Is it possible for a person to inherit the desire to run away? Do children inherit bad parenting genes? Is it possible for the child of a bad parent to be a good parent? Was May a bad parent before she ran away? Did running away make May a bad mother? What might have happened if May had stayed? Would Paige have run away if her mother had not ran away?

What constitutes bad parenting? Was Paige a bad parent? Was Max's accident, falling off the couch, an example of Paige's bad parenting or simply an accident? Do all mothers know how to be a good mother before their child is born? Where does this knowledge come from? Would Paige have known what to do if her mother had never left?

Discuss fatherhood. Was Patrick a good father? Why did Paige not learn how...