I can’t speak for all Moms. diverteach, but I will give you my opinion. I think that Amanda was raped and had her rapists child. During her captivity, rape and beatings were reportedly common. They kept the women usually separated so they didn’t “plan” an escape. That baby may have saved her mentally. She now had someone she could love, protect, care for, worry over, and hug. Who takes care of the child now? I am going to guess that she will have family that steps in to help them. If she truly had issue with the child, she could place the little girl up for adoption but media reports “hint” that they are happy together. I understand what you are saying but loving a child can be very natural (even under terrible circumstances). Although that monster sired the baby... she is still “half” hers. The decision to keep or allow another couple to adopt the child should be hers and hers entirely. IMHO.
I wholeheartedly agree that Amanda looking after the child may have saved her mentally by having something, a goal or mission to protect the child especially under captivity.
I’m a divorced male with no children of my own and was just trying to think of things from Amandas perspective over this. Her life was completely and immediately turned upside down when she was kidnapped and after a long 10 years turned upside down again.
Trying to put myself in her position, I’m not sure that I could continue on with the child. She was a product of her nightmare and now that that nightmare is over and moving forward......I dunno.
I truly hope that she is able to continue to love and raise her child. She’s surely just as traumatized by it all as well and further trauma obviously wouldn’t be good if she was put up for adoption or foster care.
But I keep coming back to a feeling of I’d just want to try and forget it all and move on and the child I think might prevent that.
Lord bless these ladies!