Replies to '12/25 Parent Trap'

Quote From: sissyv3

I am a mother of  2 daughter's that survived the "divorce train"!!  I, also, had to constantly fight my ex husband for every bit of help for my daughters, but....I think this part of the law is not set up for anyone's benefit not even the children.  That has given the mother's too much legal power , and not  much thought to the children's welfare.  I think the injustice of the mother's not either admitting who the father is OR keeping the truth from everyone is worse than abuse.  So if this lie is a degree of mental abuse to the child, should they not get jail time for the abuse and be "labled" child abuser.  Maybe a mother might think twice to keep a secret like that if they thought jail time could come from this horrible lie!!  Doesn't it also teach the children that if you lie about anything that effects a child,(that effects anyone, it is okay?  I grew up in a small town and I know that a women naming a man that was not the real father happens a lot!!  It did in our town and I often wondered what would happen if as thses child (who ended up being fathered by the same man)  wanted to date as they got older, what would the mother do knowing they were really brother and sister!!)  A child finding a truth about thier on genes and background, a truth about who they are cannot be a bad thing.  I really think these mothers have committed the true crimes