I truly believe that Cindy Anthony does not have friends to confide in, or friends to defend her because her goal in life was to present this "picture perfect" family to the public. She would not have confided in a friend because it would ruin the facade. Casey has been this way for years, and Cindy has probably defended her for years, this is NOT something that just started. She probably in her own way thought that not making Casey a responsible person was love, giving her everything she wanted and her own way was love, she probably tried to be her friend instead of parent, while in reality the goal for a parent is to teach their children to take responsibility for their actions, and to learn to live independently from their parents. People that do not learn life skills have a hard time in life when things do not go their way, and we all know that happens. Life is not perfect. Casey knew that she could do what she wanted, not take responsibility for her actions, and Cindy would defend her until the end, that includes harming her own daughter, how sad for Cindy, and most of all sad for Caylee, who I've come to love. Why woud an adult defend another adult for harming a child???? It's baffling to me. Even if Cindy thinks Caylee is alive, Casey is a thief and a liar and not a responsible loving daughter or mother. Cindy must hate the counselor she was seeing for telling her to put her foot down, because look at the results, it was far too late to parent an adult at age 22. I imagine the guilt is horrible.