The future of ShadowClan? *spoilers*

I haven't read the book nor do I intend to any time soon, but from I getting from what everyone is saying, ShadowClan is out of control. And from it, I have a couple of questions to ask. Are ShadowClan warrior/queens/parents too incompetent to have kits? Do they not know how to raise them? Are they kind of like Raggedstar in which they spoil their kits? Also, are the Erins/Harper Collins trying to tell us that none of the parents raise their kits right? Or could it be mob mentality taking control?

As for ShadowClan not being a Clan, that's something I'll get into a little later. Anyway, ShadowClan is like the Syltherin house in Harry Potter, where it's like every student there is needlessly evil. In their beginnings, they were a respected Clan with tons of control. Tall Shadow/Shadowstar seemed like a good leader. Even in Yellowfnag's Secret they seemed like a good Clan. True, I think things started to go downhill with Raggedstar, but up until that point, they seemed like a well organized Clan. They had, to our knowledge at least, good leaders and seemed to stick to the code well. During Blackstar's time as leader, there were a few bumps i the road for them, but over all they seemed to be a good Clan. And even when Rowanstar stepped up, he didn't seem too bad. Perhaps he was a little territorial but other than that I thought he'd be a fairly good leader of ShadowClan.

As for if they deserve to be a Clan I'm torn on this. On the one hand, I say yes, they do. Not only were they one of the original five, but they were also founded by a leader who seemed like a good one. I mean, Tall Shadow/Shadowstar seemed to have everything under control and she seemed like an honest and fair leader. If she were in ShadowClan then, I can see her being appalled on how it has become and disciplining the cats thoroughly, making sure they never do something like that again. One the other hand, however, after everything's that happened with them, from attracting evil to the current anarchy, it does make me wonder why they are still there. You'd think that they'd be exiled much like SkyClan was as a way to protect the other Clans.

At this point, it'll take the cold, hard reality to realize what they have done. If they have to be forced to see a few of their Clanmates killed because they no longer want to be with the rouges, then so be it. As someone else mentioned, if they were transported back to Brokenstar's ShadowClan, they wouldn't be acting the way they were.