To think of the life those girls could have had. Yes, life isn’t rosy and divorce is hard but they could have two loving parents, not one who does everything they can to destroy the other one. Family they see instead of one paid nanny who must be very stressed given on all the goings on. A catatonic mother who refuses to work, lolls around in bed all day publicly ranting and raving and destroying their childhood naivety about pretty much everything whilst nanny tries to provide some structure. No access to their dad who has been poisoned against them. They could be having fun, cheap days out and making summer memories with family or friends. Or walks, baking, trips to the beach, a picnic in the back garden. ANYTHING but burning everything down in the name of vengeance/ego. Part of your job as a parent is to shield your child from adult stress as much as possible. If Alice doesn’t think that’s tragic she isn’t as smart as she thinks she is.