I think there is something in my books that says these are people doing their best under difficult circumstances - sometimes they do wrong things and make mistakes, but who doesn't? And who wants to read about somebody who never does?
I do not really write for children: I write only for me and for the few people I hope to please, and I write for the story.
I suppose that's what happens when you make other people's lives miserable: life gets miserable back at you.