Topic : 12/25 Parent Trap

I am wondering if the Cordel Smith, that appeared on the show today, is a former student at Clovis High

School, Clovis, NM.  If so, a former teacher wants to congratulate him.  He is a handsome young man and as an alumn, is a credit to our school.  mrobinson

The truth is the mother probably did not know for sure who the father was but to protect her daughter so the daughter had a father she did not seek out to find out the truth.  The new wife pointed out because she could care less about the children involved and wanted the extra money!  If I were the little girl I would not want Enrique for my father as what he did was way worse than what the mother did.  Enrique did that to the child who was innocent because he did not have the balls to stand up to his current wife to tell her to mind her own business nor did he have the balls to stand up to his ex wife, he could only stand up to an innocent child, that is sick!!!!!

My brother in law apparently had a child & it took 16 years for him to find out.  He & my sister dated in high school, broke up, got with other people and the they got back together and got married out of high school.  This girl Diane, whom my brother in law saw during this time, never once mentioned she was pregnant,  married another man who supported the daughter for 16 years & then they got divorced.  My sister & her husband were shocked to receive a DNA request in the mail from an attorney - he is 99% the father.  Then on to a big legal battle to determine child support.  Diane wanted him to pay all 16 years of back support, but the judge only made them pay (through the court system) the last few years & then upwards of her turning 18 & help with college.  Needless to say, Diane was out for money - having had another man support her daughter for 16 years & then sueing my brother in law for 16 years support.  It caused a little turmoil for my sister & her husband & was very confusing for their children to learn they had a sibling they knew nothing about, as we are a close knit family.  The daughter is now of legal age, and married - she really doesn't have alot to do with her biological father, they don't know how to communicate, but they do have a relationship that they are working on.  She is very close to my sister however & my niece & nephew.  To make matters more confusing, my brother in law comes from a more dysfunctional family than my own & his entire family knew about the child & lied to him this entire time.  Needless to say his relationship is more strained now than ever.  Personally I think Diane should go to jail for fraud & pay back child support & shame on her for lying to her daughter.

 I was extremely disturbed that the mother in parent trap, Maria did not seem to be held accountable for the pain that she had perpetuated in this horrible mess.  I feel that if she knew that Enrique was going to test himself that she should have taken the iniative and explained things to her daughter.  Although I do not believe that Enrique handled it well.  The young women in this family have to make sense of this mess.  I am sure that the older sister has endured a lot of pain and heartache over this mess also.  How does she feel about her mother and father? 

I do feel that mothers need to be responsible to themselves and their children.  What about the biological father of this child?  How can he begin a relationship with his daughter at age 13.  I think that both parents need to be responsible to their children's lives, whether they remain together or not.  The children are paying the price in this country.  I am the executive director of a residential crisis pregnancy center and I get to see the destruction of family dynamics and the affects on the young women in our society every day.  The young women I come in contact usually have no male role models in their lives, let alone good male role models.