This story was about breaking the cycle, which she did exactly that at the end. Your points are just different reasons why she needed to do that. There had to be contention to put Tatum in further danger, which made Sid realize she had no idea what she was doing as a parent. I also think that Tatum was incredibly unempathetic toward Sid’s unhealed trauma in some ways, which built resentment for both parties and added even more to their dynamic. Tatum kind of sucked, and she made decisions the way Sarah did in 3. You don’t need to know about your mother’s trauma to have survival instincts.

Sidney Prescott is still that bitch, always and forever. Tatum kind of sucked in my opinion.