Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4962906-20151003135616/@comment-4427410-20151006144447

Just because one is evil, does not make him or her a bad parent. There are a lot of "good" people in the world who prove to be bad parents.

Just because you're willing to hurt someone else's child or children, doesn't automatically mean you're willing to harm your own child.

People really need to realize that morality is not that simple. Many point out Regina emotionally sandbagging Henry in Season 1 to maintain the curse and keep him away from Emma. Yet, people rarely comment on Emma's own willingness to sandbag Henry in late Season 3 in order to ensure his amnesia. She did this so that she could return to New York with him and resume their fantasy life.

Both women exploited Henry for their own selfish desires. But does this make them all around bad mothers? What about Henry? He wasn't about manipulating Regina in order to get inside her vault and find a way to get Emma and Snow back to Storybrooke. He also was more than willing to exploit his grandfather's love for Neal in order to learn something about the Book or the Author. Does this make him a bad kid? A bad grandson?

Or all three simply capable of making bad mistakes, even to those whom they love when their emotions get the best of them?

Which brings me to Zelena. . . I'm not going to judge her as a bad parent, simply because she's evil. I don't know what kind of parent she'll turn out to be. But I refuse to jump to conclusions about her, based upon some one-note morality.