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In reply to the discussion: If I was caught in a love nest with 15 12-year-old girls tomorrow.... [View all]aquart
(69,014 posts)Only Woody's kids had their names changed. I remember being horrified when Mia did it. Those children were old enough to know their names and she simply erased their identities.
I didn't know about the beatings and bruises. Press was very sympathetic to Mia at the time. And I never bought the books. But the name changes shocked me to the bone.
As for the also-documented adoptions, what would you call Mia if they were cats?
Something else, I've always been skeeved by the way Mia's kids keep saying how wonderful she is. Every other time I've seen that behavior, the abusive parent was still in the house. Woody's kids with Soon Yi, however, call him an idiot for not knowing how to use a computer and a meanie for not letting them have a dog. That's how normal, secure kids sound.