kbdid
Senior Member
Ummm... no, sorry I disagree, every human deserves a chance, she truly needs help surely the FoFam can afford it. Addiction counselling would however be a waste if Renata is not ready to receive it. I guess enabling her behaviour doesn't help either. Hopefully in due time she will receive the help she need and truly hope not at some wishy washy SpaHab.
Reading between the lines of the various books etc it sounds like Renata's been thru counselling/rehab cycles before and for over a decade. Also sounds like the Fords are happy to say they're close to her and her children when it looks like they're quite happy to leave her and the kids to her mother's care. Under normal circumstances losing a parent and a husband would be rough, but for someone with a heavy addiction it could be disastrous. I hope that someone does get her into a real rehab and make sure the kids are okay - the description of their house given by Towhey (and that was when the grandparents were involved daily) sounds like there shouldn't have been kids living there at all.