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>From: andreamomof2@aol.com  (AndreaMomof2)

>.but what choices are there for a mother who is in denial and could
>never believe her son would do such a terrible thing? 

*******WARNING!  OPINION BASED ON NOTHING BUT SPECULATION TO FOLLOW!!!*******

Well... I can only speak from my own experiences.  I grew up with a kid named
Rich.  He was a little heathen.  He would break things, punch girls, etc.  I'm
talking WELL into junior high.  Whenever any of the other kids tried to tell
his mom of something he had done, she had 2 standard responses "Rich wouldn't
do that" or "it's not nice to tattle".

Now Rich is in prison for life.  Would things have been different if his mother
had admitted that he WAS capable of doing those things, and punished him then? 
I don't know.

My ex-husband's mother was also like that.  To this day, he has no concept of
what personal responsibility is.  He's 31 years old and has never had his own
checking account.  When we were married, he wouldn't hesitate to convert a
paycheck to cocaine, because he knew that if he needed it, his mom would give
him money.  She knew what he was doing, but he was her baby boy, and preferred
enabling him to possibly alienating him.

Would he still be a lowlife POS if his mom made him face the music on occasion?
 Again, I don't know.  

But it seems like an AWFUL lot of kids grow up & do terrible things because of
mothers who are "in denial".  I have a hard time feeling sorry for Ma Peterson.
 Scott really reminds me of some of these other boy-men I know who never had to
grow up.  Granted, I know nothing of his upbringing, but he just seems the
type.

And I don't know about you guys, but my parents never hesitated to face up to
whatever I or my brother or sister had done.  Heck, there were times when I'd
get chewed out over something someone else did, just because I might be
THINKING of doing something similar.  And I'm the most responsible person I
know, lol.  

*********End of Opinion*********

BTW - here is where that story is:

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/Primetime/GMA030429Laci_psychic.html

It doesn't sound like they hired the psychic to exonerate Scott.  It doesn't
say when exactly the psychic was hired, but it appears to be a while back.  At
least that's how I'm reading it :)