/... /Whenever Jenn starts with the SOOOOOOOOOO..... or has to think REAL LONG to respond to the simplest of questions "How long have you lived in Florida?" - it cements the observation tha Jenn is full of it. She's not just a lost doe-eyed drugged up victim.
Snipped by me. And not directed at you
@AnyNameIWish, just a general rant.
First off, I am not defending JS, I think she was a negligent mother and failed that poor girl so badly. So please, if possible, do not take this post as me trying to justify her behaviour. But I see comments like this all over the place and I felt like this is a safe space where I can share my thoughts regarding her "odd" behaviour on camera and in interviews. Feel free to disagree, of course, but I just want to make it clear I'm not excusing nor justifying anything, I'm just trying to share some info that might add a layer to the wider picture.
From my understanding, JS has been diagnosed with ADHD, which is a neurodevelopmental disorder, a real medical condition, not some kind of "modern excuse" or whatever people say to dismiss it. I don't know about the US, but where I'm from, getting a diagnosis and proper help is not an easy path, so saying somebody got the diagnosis just for drugs or something, seems like ignorance at best.
People with ADHD have issues with their executive function. I won't copy the internet here, because anyone can look it up if they care to. But from personal experience and the information I have learned over the years, so many of the "dodgy" behaviours JS is accused of, can be directly linked to her disorder. Staying calm in a crisis - known attribute of ADHD; mixing up simple information - known symptom, etc etc etc.
People with ADHD are often easy to manipulate, because again, their brain isn't braining the way a neurotypical's brain does. They are not dumb, but in a sense naive maybe, and accustomed to explaining away red flags in their head (the eternal devil's advocate).
If somebody were to put me on the spot and ask me how long I've been living in my current hometown, my guesstimate would be off by 2-3 years. Time for ADHD people doesn't work like it does for NT's. I would have to think really long and hard, try to date big milestones in my head (was covid 19 in 2019 or 2018, or 2020? there was something about the 19 not being the exact year but what was it...), look at pictures to get a mental image of what I was doing at what time etc.
I've always joked that if I was ever suspected of a crime, I would go down so fast, because my recollection would be a mess and behaviour very suspicious.
Now again, I'm not saying she didn't know more than she claims, or that she did know more... But pulling apart a person's behaviour when it is known that they are not neurotypical is akin to the police questioning Ryan Waller and finding him suspicious when all the time the poor guy had bullets in his head. And none of it excuses her negligence, but I'm just so over all the "oh she wasn't wailing, I would have been wailing, I bet she's involved" comments.
/rantover