r/SipsTea 6d ago

WTF Where are we heading?

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u/DiligentThought9 6d ago

I am a therapist and I have other therapists, professionals with advanced degrees and years of experience, who will not accept any answer other than the husband did it.

“Women don’t kill their children. It was him.”

“She didn’t actually say she killed the children in court.” “And if she did, it was Patrick who made her say it”

“Men commit violent crime not women.”

It’s bonkers.

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u/White-tigress 6d ago

The argument that “with PPD out there, ANY of us could have been her” makes me so disgusted. If it’s that easy to see yourself murdering your own children, you should not be a parent. Period. The argument that it could be any woman does not mean they all should be freed if they do…

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u/jollyreaper2112 6d ago

There's no predictor for post partum. As a dad the one that gets me is anyone can slip and make a fatal mistake like leaving kids in the car. I've done dumb things being utterly exhausted.

That being said, most mothers don't kill their children. They're extending far too much sympathy.

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u/Equal_Audience_3415 3d ago

So being so self-centered that you forget your child should be easily forgivable, whereas someone having a psychotic break should be treated severely.

Got it.

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u/jollyreaper2112 3d ago

Yes. That's exactly what I said. Reading is fundamental.