Did a False Condition Lead to False Abuse Charges?

Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSBP) is the psychiatric diagnosis by which a parent -- almost always a mother -- is believed to intentionally harm or kill a child in order to garner attention.

Diagnosing a mother as having MSBP is a tool often used by the state to remove children from the care of the parent, terminate parental rights or in the case of a child's death, charge the parent with murder. Now, due to a raging scandal in Britain, that diagnosis is being discredited.

It's about time. My son had chronic digestive issues that no one could find a reason for. After years of testing and after a relative implying that *I* was somehow responsible, ("Have you ever heard of Munchausen by Proxy?") we found out that he's a Celiac. They had tested for this years ago, but at the time it was negative. At one point they wanted to send him to a psychiatrist for a behavior disorder! And, no. *We* didn't make the diagnosis. A blood test did. Then it was confirmed by a pediatric GI.

We took away the gluten last summer and he improved remarkably, then he got sick again three months later. The first response? "Well, he is highly intelligent and he was getting a lot of attention while he was sick. Now that's gone away and he's probably just trying to get that attention back."

Right. He had Type 1 diabetes! Jerks!

Guess what, folks. Sometimes people get sick and the allmighty doctors can't figure it out. Yup. They're not perfect. When mom says she "feels" something's wrong, there probably is. Keep fighting for your kids, ladies. Don't let ANYONE tell you that they know your kid better than you do.

Munchausen by Proxy

Just one of the many little horrors the public sector has inflicted on families. What with the perverse legal system, high taxes, the leftist public schools and an increasingly degenerate culture, I think you have to be very brave to raise a family these days.

Good luck.

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