I know it sometimes seems a habit that parents forget to tell a child how talented they are. Like us they are human they have bad days and it's so hard to compliment someone when you feel so **** inside. But, then as a child you feel and see everything and when you see a parent sad like that and blaming others coz there sad you think it was your fault. That was a lot like how my childhood was. My mother was sad and always in denial and she said some harsh and insane things all because she didn't want to accept that she was ill which would have been much easier for all of us.