@NellMood: God that's horrible. I hope that dude goes away for decades.

@Experiment626: You're welcome.

@Ferrette: Good point. As always, more details are needed and important.

@Thus Spake Kate is effulgent.: I agree, but I think as of yet, it's important to note there hasn't been that sort of comment.

@exhibitXYZ: Please point me to that comment.

@BearDownCBears: Oh and it does work more times than not in regards to getting testimony.

@Thus Spake Kate is effulgent.: No one has written something like that.

@aseek: I remember that case, it was horrific.

@BearDownCBears: I think so but I also think there's just a sort of disgust (that I've witnessed) directed at women who not just "allow" their kids to be abused by boyfriends and the like but who actively lie, or tell their kids to lie, when confronted by CPS.

@Alibelle: Yes, the lying to the police strikes me as abusive, in that she was actively protecting the child's abuser, in and of itself.

@nobodyr: Oh right. Can you please point to those statistics?

I don't know about Illinois but in Michigan it's typical for the non physically abusive parent to be charged if she (or he) actively obstructs justice during an investigation of domestic violence against a child.

@Experiment626: You should read the write up of the book on Disgrasion

@lemondeNOIRe: Yeah I mean, I agree having high expectations for your kids is important. However if I could defend the panelist who said a B would be acceptable. Some kids aren't great students. It doesn't make them dumb. It's just who they are. Not every person is adaptable to the academic setting. Not every teenager…

@MsAvignon: Hahaha. Also the girl in law school who would never let you borrow her notes but if she missed a class suddenly she's your bestest friend ever.

@Ipomoea: Yeah I heard her interviewed (different one cause the husband wasn't involved) and she also made reference to being "best friends" with her kids.

Also, this.

That guy on the far left is all, bitch are you serious?

@hello.kitty: I know. At the end of the day she just seems like a narcissistic asshole.

@hello.kitty: Yeah, I heard her interviewed the other day and practically every sentence began with, "Chinese parents..."