I don’t think these accounts support the framing Jezebel gave them. They both seem much more complex and nuanced, and it is unclear to me that CPS actually did anything wrong. Yes, the mothers wish things could have gone differently/faster, but they both clearly needed interventions; they received interventions; and…

Something my mom used to do was tap me on the forehead or pinch me, so it hurt but it was relatively momentary. But yeah, that’s kind of an immediate “stop that right now!” A belt is totally different.

As an abuse survivor, screw both of these women. The one with the five kids who says her kids were not harmed, that’s b.s even if all they did was watch or hear their Mom being beaten: it’s terrifying, nothing is safe coming from the people in the world you should be able to count on to make you feel safe. If you have…

I saw a post on a local mom group today that was, “My pediatrician called CPS because I took my kid to urgent care, can I get a some recommendations for a new doctor?” Now she’s all mad because people are saying that makes no sense and there has to be more to the story!

I have more sympathy for the mom in the first case, but not so much in the second. There are a lot of cases where parents have lots custody of their children for the most outrageous reasons (see possessing a small amount of marijuana), but beating a 2-year-old with a belt is not one of them.

THANK YOU. Seriously. I was in foster care for three years and then put back in the home of my abusive mother. Those three years were far from perfect but, on some level, I still don’t think I’ve recovered from being put back in that household. I understand the experience may be traumatic for some parents that have…

I agree. In the second story, she does a good job talking about how this felt from her perspective but a poor job discussing how it affected her child at the time. Was he happy? Did he have a good environment? How did he respond to being taken away? etc. The first story features a mom who speaks clearly about the…

This second story was much harder for me to read. On the one hand, it seems that you should be able to make a mistake and sometimes kids are NOT better off in foster care. That being said, she only talked about the impact of her son being take on her, highlighting her emotions. She never addressed how it impacted him…

I feel sympathy for the first parent, but she let her kid get beat because she didn’t think she had any other options, and then they took her kids away and she found other options. I’m glad she’s making it easier for other parents to get out of bad situations, but CPS is CHILD protective services and they had to…

I was hit with a belt maybe once or twice, but I was older. At two you barely really understand what’s wrong and right and you’re still trying to figure out where the line is. I’m kind of disturbed by her continual justification for her actions. Like I’m not sure why she feels she can be an advocate of any kind. Also,…

“Sitting at the table with the CPS worker, her supervisor and a meeting facilitator, I felt very intimidated. I had no lawyer or advocate to explain what was going on.”

Same. Full disclosure I’m Asian, but oftentimes Asian males and females won’t get promoted as they’re seen as submissive and not a leader.

“And again, it’s younger Indian guys who are more racist” 

He did warn her! I was just so confused by the amount of importance placed on the blow job story line.

I loved this show for a lot of reasons, but I really loved seeing Issa’s job struggles as someone who has also worked in similar nonprofit jobs. So many of these shows about young women in big cities center around their dreams to become famous or a professional creative or at least a “career woman”. It was really…

The baby in the ‘what could have been’ fantasy made my ovaries ache. They found the cutest one ever and I wanted the Lawrence/Issa life to be true just for the baby.

I didn’t like the blowjob story line until I watched Issa’s explanation that this is a real hangup for her. Plenty of dudes work out their sex stuff on their tv shows, I think Issa has every right to do the same.

The blowjob story line was so dumb. While I think a man should always give a heads up when he’s about to come, the blower should recognize things could get messy. Don’t give head if you’re not okay with some jizz. Same for going down on a women, things might get sloppy.

Source: Me. My son was less than 2 months old when I left my ex-husband. I was about 7 months pregnant when I found out he was having an emotional affair with a coworker of ours. I moved in with my in-laws, who knew the reasons behind our split.

He may or may not be a prize, but she’s walled off big sections of her life while relying on him financially, and it doesn’t sound like he likes her that much. He can get a health check and ditch his girlfriend too.