John Adams HBO series and real history

[dumbledore11214]

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> Because if we go by the account in the series, to me it seemed 
pretty 
> clear that John bears a lot of blame IMO for what happened to 
> Charles. It seemed to me that kod craved his father's attention all 
> the time and instead father went on a long trips because his duty 
> called him.
> 
> And that is fine, really, I understand that patriotic duty came 
> before his family for him and this is the choice that I can 
respect, 
> I suppose. But when he acted high and mighty in renouncing his 
> alcoholic son, I wanted to slap him.
> 
> Yes, it is all great that his other kids learned that Adams duty 
came 
> before anything else, learned so well that John Quincy became 
> president himself. I command Abigal for bringing them up so well, 
> really. I just do not think that the fact that she could not do so 
> with Charles is something that should be condemned. I pity Charles 
> very much.
> 
> But again, I believe that it is true that he was an alcoholic and 
> that he died young, I just do not know if Adams renounced him in 
real 
> life.


Alla:

Eh, sorry, I promise I will be done talking to myself, but I figured 
I should go and take a look if in real life John Adams indeed 
abandoned his kids including Charles as much as series imply?

If we go by this article, then the answer is really not, it seems to 
me. I mean, he left of course, but does not look like he just left 
his kids for years at a time, but took them with him too. And when 
Abigail came, her daughter came with her. Ugh, why take this kind of 
creative license I wonder/

http://hnn.us/articles/56155.html