The List of Bad Moms

The U.S. Justice Department reports that from 1976 to 1999, 30 percent of murdered children under 5 were killed by their mothers and 31 percent by their fathers. That statistic hardly fits the stereotype of the Children of the Underground, protective parent or domestic violence groups with their almost cult-like belief that mothers don't harm their own children. That all said, here is our list of Pathetic Moms or Bad Mothers List.

1) Susan Smith

2) Andrea Yates

3) Mellissa Huckaby - if she did what she is alleged to have done.

4) Faye Yager

5) Underground Moms - Any mom or protective parent that cowardly goes underground with the belief that they are protecting their child is just as pathetic as the Susan Smiths and Andrea Yates.

It's Time for Brazil to Comply with the Hague Convention

In America when it comes to custody of a child from Cuba such as Elian Gonzalez, the American legal system sent the child back to Cuba in compliance with both the Hague Convention and the custodial rights of his father.

In Brazil, their legal system is yet to return David Goldman, he is still awaiting the return of his son from the Brazilian legal system even after efforts by U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and other U.S. politicians.

I simply don't understand what legal position the particular judges in Brazil can find to justify a parental kidnapping. If it were their children or grandchildren that were married to an American living in the United States and the American Citizen left Brazil, the child's country of residence with no court order and parentally kidnapped the child, wouldn't they want their child or grandchild back in Brazil? Furthermore, in David Goldman's case, what if the biological parent passed? Wouldn't they want the child living with their biological parent? Is it Anti-Americanism? Or is is Anti-Americanism toward the American legal system, the best in the world? What about the case of Francois Larivee, a Canadian Citizen? Shame on those judges! Shame on the Brazilian government for not pressuring those judges to do the right thing for this child!

David Goldman (American seeking custody of his child in Brazil)
http://www.brazzil.com/component/content/article/200-january-2009/10164-the-brazilian-american-war-for-a-little-boy.html

Francois Larivee (Canadian seeking custody of his child in Brazil)
http://www.internationalfamilylawfirm.com/2009/01/brazils-compliance-with-hague-abduction.html