What prediction about ""The Rocking-Horse Winner"" would someone make after reading the first paragraph of the story?

The relationship among the family will be difficult in spite of the events, no matter they are bad or good.

Explanation:

The Rocking-Horse Winner is a story written by English poet and writer D. H. Lawrence and it tells the story of a kid who can predict the results of horse races. One of the main characters is the mother of the kid.

In the first paragraph, the narrator sets the mother's attitudes towards her kids and vice versa. According to the speaker, "she could not love them" and they "looked at her coldly." Due to these aspects of their relationship, readers could predict that the story might not develop in the best way for the relationship and, at the end of the day, this will affect both parts reactions. Due to this, the prediction mentioned in the answer could be made.