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Sister Mary Wanna
I see Cindy as a control freak parent, who worries more about appearances and how they will reflect on her. JMO
Bingo, TripleA. That's how I see Cindy too. In my thinking, Casey became the person her mother accused her of being - irresponsible, lazy and immature. I speak from experience of having a mother who was constantly worried about how things appear to other people. These moms are quick to critize their children enough that it borders on verbal and mental abuse.
I can imagine that Casey becoming pregnant was just unbearable to Cindy.
I was pregnant before I was married and my mother was beside herself. She kept saying "Look what you did to me!" And she also claimed my baby would be my punishment for what I did. I can hear Cindy telling Casey the same. Cindy wanted Casey to feel ashamed and that Caylee was a punishment.
I believe teens form the opinion about themselves from what others are always telling them. If Cindy was always telling Casey what a bad mother she was, in time Casey would see herself that way.
I won't go into the amount of abuse I received from my mother (everything from her keeping my few wedding gifts to forbidding me from sending out birth announcements when my son was born, but wait until 4 months later for those counting on their fingers) but Cindy appears to be the same type of person as my mother.
None of this excuses any harm Casey may have done to her daughter, Caylee. But perhaps it may provide the coldness and lack of caring in Casey's personality.
By the way, it took a couple of years, but I finally told my mom to back off and go to hell if she was going to continue to treat me that way.
JMO