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Bro, i feel sorry for helena because she had to hear that but if she actually treated her children right, she wouldn't be hearing that.
Even if she's busy, when they're eating saying "i love you" to the children, sitting close to them and after eating, hugging them shouldn't be that hard and would not cost more than 30 seconds.
Like just giving them presents that could be even chosen by the servants or even just write a letter when she have a little bit of time and make the servants read it for them would suffice, they would understand that their mother love them and try to give them affection even though she doesn't have the time.
Like, if you actually made an effort and didn't treat your children like they're the last priority in you life, that wouldn't be happening. You can't just blame someone because of your own inferiority complex towards someone that literally is praising YOU every opportunity that she gets and is doing her best to not trouble you even though she's not in that situation because she chose it and you know that.