The Complicated Life Of Kurt Cobain

His Stepfather Was Abusive & His Parents Gave Up On Him

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Cobain’s father remarried and had a baby with his new wife, who had two children of her own. Cobain was no longer an only child and began harboring a deep dislike for his stepmother. His mother dated an abusive man, who at one point sent her to the hospital with a broken arm. Despite the physical abuse, she refused to leave the man. Cobain began to rebel, and his mother gave his father full custody. But Cobain was so difficult to deal with, his father sent him to live with family and friends, including a born-again Christian family.

Next: the tragic repercussions of Kurt’s unhappy home life.