[festus]

His wife is charged with aggravated child neglect failing to report child abuse. She is free on bond.

This is whats outrageous. The mother is just as guilty as the man and should be hung on the same gallows.

[arthurus]

Usually in these cases the mother is pretty beaten down and can’t conceive of doing something against the wishes of the husband/other. And what sort of threats has the brother been subject to? For such families not much exists outside of the immediate family situation.Going to the police is just not a perceived option. Their world is very tightly limited and everything outside it is just sort of a blur. In school the kids are probably detached-cocooned.

[monday]

“This is whats outrageous. The mother is just as guilty as the man and should be hung on the same gallows.”

You shouldn’t assume that is true. see #30