Swirlz
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Interesting article about parents who kill their kids:
[video]http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/07/health/filicide-parents-killing-kids-stats-trnd/index.html[/video]
[video]http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/07/health/filicide-parents-killing-kids-stats-trnd/index.html[/video]
Forensic psychiatrist Phillip J. Resnick, pioneer in the study of filicide research, identified five major reasons:
Altruism: The parent kills the child because he or she may perceive it to be in the child's best interest. It may be reality-based (e.g., the child suffers from a terminal illness) or precede the suicide of the parent, as the parent feels it would be unfair to leave the child behind to face the cruel world.
Acute psychosis: The parent kills the child based on ideas that are inconsistent with reality. For example, the parent believes the child has been possessed by the devil.
Unwanted child: The parent kills the child that he or she regards as a hindrance.
Accidental: The child's death is an unintentional outcome of parental physical abuse.
Spousal revenge: The parent kills the child in an effort to exact revenge on the other parent.