How do Aquarius parents act towards their needy children?

This question isn't anything in general, I just got curious. As when it comes to friends/partners I know that the Aquarius will go distant especially to a needy cancer crab. But what if they were a parent to this needy cancer crab? Would they distant themselves or actually take it on as their responsibility?

Posted by Undine
My Aqua ex raised two sons, Cancer and Pisces. He adopted them young, 2 and 6 yrs of age, when he married a widow. He seems to love them very much. They grew up to do very well in life, as soon as they left the nest. He said his relationship with his wife became very much about the boys, to the extent that they had nothing to talk about after the boys moved out. They divorced soon after.

I also have an Aqua father, but I would not consider myself needy, despite my Pisces sun and moon. He was distant indeed, which was good, since I had difficulty tolerating the controlling behaviour of my Taurus mum. My father was a breath of fresh air, although he had lots of attributes I disliked when he took them to extreme: evasive, carefree, wimpy, cowardly.

For example, he never protected me or his own mother from the scorn of his wife (my mum). Mum had daily rants (monologues) about the two people she disliked most, me and her mother in law. Most of them were about things which happened long ago or about imaginary things......she was just venting her frustration on myself.

My father would not say a word. In fact, after I "grew up" to be a preteen, he started pushing myself to stand up to my mum, saying: "Why do you say nothing? Don't you see she is badmouthing your grandma who raised you...?" I wished I had replied: "She is badmouthing your MOTHER who raised you, and it's YOUR JOB to stand up to your wife, not mines, you wimp!"

He was a coward too...once he has stolen something my mother bought, to give it to his mistress. He only admitted this 6 MONTHS later..... mum put the blame on me and shouted at me on a daily basis for the whole 6 months!

He didn't care too much about family memories....for example, he recorded me and sister singing and reciting poems as little children, only to wipe it clean when he needed the tape for work.

Well, I guess these were peanuts, since he was not an abusive father ...

That sounded rough

My mum is an Aqua and I have kind of abandonment issues because of it. She shows that she loves me but when i was little she was always working and having a life so I mainly had my dad to look after me. My mum was kind of busy having her own life although she was still around and lived with us she just focused more on other aspects of her life.