Why is it that some children take their parents for granted?

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A lot of people ask why do parents love their kids unconditionally, but what I wan't to know and understand is why some children take their parents for granted. Let me tell you a story, it's the reason why I'm asking you this question. One of my childhood friends who I'll call Jenny had a supporting family. She didn't come from a complete and happy family. She didn't have a father. She has never met him. Her younger sister and brother had a different father who also ran away with another woman. Despite those issues their family which included her, her brother and sister, her mother, her uncle's and her grandparents helped each other through times in need. For me they were as close as anyone I know who I could say was a picture perfect family, or so I thought. I later found out that her Mother's older brother had divorced his wife and married a woman he met online. His kids were devestated. Soon we found out that he started gambling and got hooked. He almost lost everything. He was also close to being an alcoholic. Jenny's other uncle who I'll call Robert was gay. But that was ok. They accepted him as he is. Jenny found out that his uncle Robert wasn't able to finish college. He ended up in a call center. But after a couple of months his uncle Robert had the biggest salary in their household. Jenny's mother was unemployed but acted like a queen. Jenny once confided in me. She told me she felt horrified because her grandmother who was old,weak and fragile was forced to work or loan money to be able to pay for their bills because her mother refused to work and her uncles refused to help. They explained to Jenny that they don't need to help her grandmother because she is capable of doing everything on her own. To jenny it was wrong. Her grandmother was very old. She should've retired already. She should be resting and enjoying the little life she had left. Her grandfather was a joke. He didn't help as well. To make matters worse her mother and her uncle's constantly asked for money from her grandmother. She later found out that her grandmother was paying for jenny,her brother and sister's school because as I said her mother refused to work. One night she saw her grandmother hiding in a corner crying. She was having a hard time. She was old but still had so many responsabilities. Her grandmother told Jenny that "I can leave anytime and go home to the province to live a quiet life, but if I do that what will become of you and you're brother and sister? you're mother refuse to work, you're uncle's refuse to help me put you and you're brother and sister to school. What else am I to do? I cannot leave you here to fend for you're self. You are still too young to work. There is nothing else I can do but work hard for you're future's." Jenny felt so bad. Her grandmother was taken for granted by her own children. Her kindness is abused by the children she brought up. Jenny can only imagine how painful and hard it must be. So to all the people in mylot. Why do you think that some children take their parents for granted? Share you're opinions to all the people here.