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[ailbhe]

I was thinking, after Emer got hold of a sharp knife while standing on a stool in the kitchen, what the papers would say if she'd fallen on it. "Woman with very public history of PND and rage issues claims 'this time was an accident! I swear it was!'" or similar. Pithier, obviously, but there you go. "Mentally unstable mother claims tragic tot slaughter 'accident'"?

Ho hum. I can only hope my mental state is largely hormonal, because it's no fun at the moment.

Edit: micheinnz came up with an all-purpose one:

HORROR CHILD TRAGEDY ALL MOTHER'S FAULT

so there you go.

Comments

[the0lady.livejournal.com]

Hah, good spot about the media's influence there. Mothers who harm their kids are a vanishing minority, yet how many "my baby was not eaten by dingoes, it genuinely was killed in a tragic and unpreventable accident" movies have you seen in the cinemas?

Don't buy into it. The ills of this world did not all become your fault the moment you became inseminated.

[ailbhe]

A lot of them got thrown into sharp relief. Must change world before daughters venture forth unprotected!