Thursday, November 17, 2016

The article we read today explained how its possible that a mother could kill her kids and why in some places mothers don't get punished as harshly when they kill their kids. First I think the most important thing to take away from this is that a mother would have to be mentally insane or dealing with some serious issues to purposely murder their kid. However the article tells us that their are multiple reasons that a mother could feel inclined to kill their children. The first reason they give is that in the mothers head the tell themselves that the kid would be better off dead. Now even though this sounds crazy I can almost understand how it is possible. In just thinking about it if I was a mother that couldn't provide for my kids I wouldn't want them to live a terrible life. Another reason is when a mother hears voices that tell her to kill her kids. This one I cannot understand as well. The last is most relatable to Medea because it explains how mothers could kill thier kids to get back at the father. This is bad because  then the father legacy will not live on.