GH fans, remembering the history of his character, do you think Sonny is a good !
Question: It's hard to give love when you haven't had much, isn't it? His real father abandoned him and his stepfather abused him terribly, so isn't it natural that Sonny is a remote father? I think he does love his children but the circumstances of his dark life always interrupts any chance he had of a normal relationship.
Answers: It's hard to give love when you haven't had much, isn't it? His real father abandoned him and his stepfather abused him terribly, so isn't it natural that Sonny is a remote father? I think he does love his children but the circumstances of his dark life always interrupts any chance he had of a normal relationship.
I agree. Everybody has been ragging on Sonny because Michael got shot, but he was trying to turn things around and do the right thing. He even called off the guns that day, so he could show Michael a different side of his business.
i do not know but he dose care for his children the best he can canistering what he has been though
He's a terrible father and always has been. He's never once thought of his children's safety and well-being above his own lust for power. Time and time again it's been proven to him that he cannot keep the people he claims to love from getting hurt, and he still arrogantly insists on keeping them close to him. He's made choices that have put his children's lives in danger. Any good or even halfway decent parent would avoid that at all costs.
Bringing up his stepfather is just an excuse. Yes, he had a horrible childhood, but he's an adult now and he needs to take responsibility for all of the horrible decisions he's made. Not only are his children in constant physical danger, but Michael has been psychologically warped by the violence around him -- this child ordered his first hit at age nine, smothered his biological father with a pillow, and most recently has suffered next to no consequences for buying a gun and nearly killing an innocent woman. Sonny and Carly's "parenting" has resulted in a little sociopath who is a direct threat to society, and it's just a matter of time before Morgan turns out the same way. Kristina, luckily, will probably be saved both by having Alexis for a mother and the fact that Sonny only remembers she exists every couple of months. Regardless, all of Sonny's kids would be better off if he'd die in a mob war of his own making.
Sonny is a good father in some ways and not in others. He puts his children in danger because of what he does, but he tries as hard as he can to keep them out of danger. And also before Michael was shot he was really trying to turn around the way his children see him.
I think he's a good father. He keeps his children at a distance in order to keep them safe. He loves them and is willing to die for them. He choose the life he did in order to make a better life for them.
I think that Sonny is as good of a father as he can be. His love is just a little misguided at times. He said he wanted Michael to know that he had a legitimate business and wanted Michael to learn that not every aspect of his business involved guns. The first thing he should have done was take Michael to the police station and made him confess and take his punishment. Or at the very minimum tell Alexis off the record and let her have a talk with Michael and put the fear of god into him about never touching another gun. Instead Sonny and Carly did nothing. Sonny (and Carly) have never taught Michael that every action has a reaction. Now by Sonny deciding that he could handle things with Michael, look what happened!
He is a pretty good dad but he is absent a lot too! I think that what he did to AJ was WRONG! I am still mad at that whole thing, he had no right judging him to be a bad dad. AJ could have and would have gotten help for his drinking problem. He was clean and sober until Sonny hung him on the meat hook and poured booze down his throat until he was drunk and scared enough to sign away Michael.
u're making excuses for bad parenting. in real life regardless of ur circumstances ppl change when children come into the picture. i know ppl who grew up with terrible parental examples but do everything in their power to be a good parent to their children. its a soap so u take these things with a grain of salt. but the one thing sonny has never been able to do is put his kids/family before himself. also he cant seem to take responsibility for the harm he causes ppl...like blaming jason today. sonny has been going down hill for a while now.
I agree with you. I think the love he has for his children is the most important thing and he does his best to protect them.
To be perfectly honest; I like Sonny alot but he's not a good father cuz a good parent would not put his children in harm's way and by being a mobster, he's putting all those close to him at great risk and he has had a history of having loved ones die cuz enemy mobsters want to eliminate him. He does care for his children but I don't think he loves them more than himself; if he did love them as much as he claims then he should've given up the mob life and live a low key lifestyle even if it means waiting on tables or working as a janitor. His parenting skills need work; look what happened when he told his son that if he ever caught him with a gun, that the boy should turn and run. That was so wrong to say to a child and then to not get the child some psychological counseling after the Kate shooting trauma was wrong. Sonny's ability to make sound decisions is questionable. Jason would make a better parent and probably cuz of what happened to Michael, he will either keep his son a secret or get out of the mob lifestyle.
I think he does the best he can. I think he honestly loves his kids and tries to do what he feels his right by them. I think that there is def room for improvement in his fathering skills. He spent years telling himself that he was giving his kids a good life, and that he was doing his best to always protect them, and I think he's guilty of living in denial about how his lifestyle has affected his kids. I don't think that he honestly thought he would have to deal with the problems that have come up w/Michael and I think he has made some serious mistakes. But, no, I don't think he's a bad father. He's not a great dad, but he's not the worst father I can think of. Look at Trevor Lansing or Anthony Z and how messed up they are. I don't think Sonny is as bad, in comparison.
I think that he tries. But, what I'd like to know, is if Sonny can be a father to 3 kids being head of the mob, why the hell can't Jason be a father to one?
Why would Sonny's kids be ok, but not Jason's? It's a kind of stupid story line if you ask me. More people would want to destroy Sonny than Jason.