Why would a mother harm her own children?


	Why would a mother harm her own children?

clip-on-tie

8-5-2009 4:37 PM

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so very sad

clip-on-tie says:

While I agree that this is sick, it's important to remember that this is a mental illness, not purely a choice to do something horrible.

heart-wrenching story: http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2009-08-05/news/munchausen-she-wrote-two-preschool-siblings-fall-ill-with-mysterious-symptoms-one-dies-other-recovers-after-mother-banished-from-bedside

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8-5-2009 8:56 PM

bignosemousie

Munchhausen by proxy is a very sad illness.

8-6-2009 4:07 AM

merrie

That's so heart wrenching.

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