Park Jiho lived in an abusive, unpredictable home when he was a child. His alcoholic father verbally and physically abused him and his mother enabled said antagonistic behavior. As an only child, he had nobody else in his family to go to for support. His childhood apartment was rather filthy, which contributed to a carelessness for cleaning later in his life. His parents were critical of his interests and blamed their abuse on his behavior, instilling in their child a deep self-hatred.