Mr. Lil and I had a huge debate about this while he tried to water the lawn tonight.
1) Doesn't the very fact that we can't imagine a mother being capable of brutalizing her children to death actually give weight to the idea of some sort of psychological defect/insanity?
2) Why are the spouses/families of these women not brought up on charges of child endangerment? Didn't they willingly allow their children to be cared for by someone who is dangerous(like in the case of the schizophrenic who drowned her children)? If you knowingly left your children with a paedophile you could be brought up on charges, so why not if you leave them with a psychotic person?
If the mothers are insane and there is corroborating evidence that they had unstable moments in the past, then someone else who knew that, is negligent... IMH but often obnoxious O.
You just shouldn't knowingly leave your children with people who may harm them, even if it's your spouse
