[OhJstFkOffAlrdy]

Just because she's been charged and indicted doesn't mean that she is or was either sane or criminally liable for her son's death. It just means that there is reason to believe that a crime may have been committed. The act itself clearly occurred based on the physical evidence, but was there intent enough to call it a criminal act and convict her accordingly?

I honestly think she is clinically certifiably batshit crazy and not responsible for her son's death.

[tbone79]

That chick looks like the Predator...

[Pink.]

Originally Posted by azimuth ↗

Those are sincere questions, by the way. I really don't know what a crazy check is.

A crazy check is a Social Security check that people sometimes fake but are usually mentally ill.

I'm sure she isnt faking her certification as batshit crazy.

[Morbid75]

Originally Posted by azimuth ↗

What is "the crazy check"?

Also, have you seen her diagnoses?

I am sorry I missed these questions for two months. No, I have not seen her diagnosis but am assuming she was crazy for pushing him for 44 hours in a swing or a really intelligent psychopath who aims to get off by mental illness and stick it to the boy's father.

Pink is right it is social security collected for the mentally ill. But I have people tell me how they get it. They know what to say and just flush the FREE meds they are given. There is a survey done on perceived job prestige and it ranks them from highest to lowest.

It is in one of the Intro to Sociology texts we use. Anyway, 'lives on public aid' ranks above waiter and waitress, shoe shiner, gardener and a couple others I forgot. For some people it is all about how much money you can get from the government.

[ludokressh]

Truly a sad case that happened under bizarre circumstances.

[tbone79]

Yeah, people fake crazy all the time, but it's obvious that this lady is about as sharp as a bowling ball. Really sad case, hate to see little ones hurt.

[DiamondSmiles]

Does anyone else think those infant/toddler swings look like underwear

[OhJstFkOffAlrdy]

Originally Posted by morbid75 ↗

I am sorry I missed these questions for two months. No, I have not seen her diagnosis but am assuming she was crazy for pushing him for 44 hours in a swing or a really intelligent psychopath who aims to get off by mental illness and stick it to the boy's father.

Pink is right it is social security collected for the mentally ill. But I have people tell me how they get it. They know what to say and just flush the FREE meds they are given. There is a survey done on perceived job prestige and it ranks them from highest to lowest.

It is in one of the Intro to Sociology texts we use. Anyway, 'lives on public aid' ranks above waiter and waitress, shoe shiner, gardener and a couple others I forgot. For some people it is all about how much money you can get from the government.

And that's part of the problem with first-world people nowadays: they place too much emphasis on what others think about how they make a living.

I actually had a friend of mine mention "job prestige" among the pros of a less-than-lucrative career that he had been considering at the time. It's a damn sight more noble of a motivation than greed, but it's nothing that a person should let affect them outside of being a source of personal motivation.

[Morgasmgasm]

I'm going to give this case the benefit of a doubt since there's no complete detail.
I'm a psych nurse at a women's prison in PA. I've met very, very sick people. Mental illness is as devastating as any physical illness, though not seen as such by many who don't understand it.
This woman was very sick. During an exacerbation of illness, psychosis DOES occur. "Mental breaks" from reality. Patients report little to no memory of this. If this woman was of sound mind, how could she push this child on a swing for 44 hours without collapsing from exhaustion if there was not a severe psychological component at play?
In regards to the child's father, I do not blame him for not taking relentless action to take his son. From reports I've read about the mother, she was a wonderful, devoted mother despite her circumstances. Outside of a mental exacerbation, patients seem "normal". They seem to function as they should. He sounds like he loved her and his child, and had no idea that her illness could create this kind of turmoil. He did not want to call her unfit, and the judicial system never favors a father unless the child is in immediate danger (unfortunately). This entire case is heartbreaking.