This chapter DOES NOT moralize the rhetorical actions parents' take to shift blame for their child's behavior away from their parenting. Not using terms like good or bad, but instead presents their actions objectively; talking about how and why. This allows room for discussion on why parents feel pressured to account for their parenting methods when their children experience severe problems.

In some cases, parenting methods are not to blame for their child's behavior, but parents' may still feel the need to preemptively shift the blame away from them due to societal tendencies to question one's parenting when a child misbehaves; a remnant of the moral model of disability. Shifting the blame away from them and onto the child would therefore save time and resources in finding a solution for the family and their child.

In cases where poor parenting is to blame, shifting the blame away from themselves allows parents to avoid addressing the issues they bring to their child, and force the child to shoulder all of the blame for their behavior.