DaughterAlice
''I'm sorry if that sounds selfish, sweetie, but i
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It's baffling, isn't it?
I don't think we'll ever know the reasons behind what Casey did to Caylee. KC appeared to be a good mother. I think KC took care of Caylee the way my daughter used to take care of her favorite doll, Pinky. My DD loved Pinky! She bathed her, dressed her, slept with her, took her everywhere...right up to the day she decided she no longer wanted to play with dolls. On that day, she put Pinky in the closet (trash bags, hamper, trunk, woods???) and never played with her again. KC was playing (pretending) to be a mother. Like any other child, when the game is over or when they become bored, they move on to something else. KC was just tired of playing at being a mother.
KC treated all the people in her life as if they were disposable commodities. If you look at the way she treated her grandmother and her best friend Amy, it sheds some light on the way KC maneuvered. She blatantly stole from them, yet continued on with the pretense that all was fine and dandy. She waited until the poop hit the proverbial fan and then calculated her next move. She always got away with her "little indiscretions" at home, so why not with Amy? Why not with Grandma? Why not with Caylee?
The shame of it all is, when she committed her ultimate crime she did it by murdering Caylee. All we can do is hope she doesn't get away with it this time. So very sad.
AWESOME ANALOGY!! nyvictoria, you've really hit on something here. You see the behavior in so many people, not only just children with dolls. For instance, people who fall madly in love, and then lose interest once the "fire" has gone out, or the way a video game loses it's allure once you've won it once or twice . . . . KC is human too, and probably a very immature one to boot. That is why the analogy of a child with a doll is so very perfect; so fitting for her. It even fits when you recall all the friends & family raving about what a perfect & doting mother she was. Of course she was . . . while the mood suited her!