Topic : 12/25 Parent Trap

I am a single mother of a 14yr old girl I agree with the guy at the end Mr. Smith qabout women who pin there kids on men knowing the kid isn't theres that is why a lot of men deny kids. The mother on the show knew there was a pissibility that selena wasn't her ex's a lot of the time it isn't the mans fault and they are getting the bad end of the deal. Women need to be honest and start getting fined for lying to men which makes it harder for other woman to be trusted

Although I think the "misled, tricked, betrayed, bamboozled, led astray and lied to" ex-husband should have kept a relationship with his "supposed" daughter if only because of the long period of time he thought she WAS his daughter, I understand his feeling of betrayal.  While agreeing that the child should be the first priority, one must also understand how the man who thought he was the father must  feel.  How he must be hurting too.

Once again, Dr. Phil, you have not disappointed me.  In any case where a child is involved, you totally and completely appear to not be able to point out the culprit.  Just because the children are innocent, does not negate the fact that someone is generally guilty of the problem occuring in the first place.  Sure, you said the ex-husband was also the victim ,BUT you placed most of the blame about the daughter's hurt feelings on him and you almost kinda-sorta said the mother was in the wrong.  But just barely.

These scandalous, slutty,  low-life women who trick men about parenthood are not worth the ground they walk on.  Adding to that, the likes of idiots like Gloria Allred, who would represent such heathens and try to make an argument for something that is as wrong as 2 left shoes, is just WRONG.  Then exacerbating that, we have a justice system that would even allow such a flagrant, egregious WRONG to happen is just pathetic.... *If we can't find the right man to pay, any man will do...no matter that the mother who provided the false name, is a lying, deceitful adulterous witch".  Yeah, yeah, I know, but it's the best there is.  SO WHAT??

If our justice system isn't based on right and wrong, good and bad, fair and unfair, truth and untruths and innocent and guilty, then what is it based on?  When a *just plain dumb* decision is made, based on *he's the one we know about even though we KNOW he's not the right one*...that is nothing less than pathetic and certainly not the best there is.

Making a man who is KNOWN to NOT be the father pay child support anyway???  The best Justice System there is???   This is beyond, wrong, bad, unfair and scandalous.

Seriously, between The World's Best Known Psychologist, Dr. Phil, skipping around the truth, one of The World's Best Known attorneys, Gloria Allred, making her own truth and The World's Best Justice System, ignoring the truth, we are DOOMED when it comes to right, good, fair, truth or innocent. 

The best there are??  I certainly hope NOT!!!!!!!

walk a mile in her shoes then judge everyone has demons think
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Why "shoot the messenger"?  It could be that the new wife wanted to better her situation with Enrique, but I doubt it.  It sounds like the bio mother dropped hints years ago when her guilt for cheating was at its worst, and then dropped hints again when she decided to go after Enrique for support for Selina.  She was testing the waters and wanted to see if he would find out the truth, which he did!!  She is an idiot, not the new wife.

Abstinence before marriage, complete monogamy after. Der.

You gotta admit, God really has a point here.

Think of all the problems that would be avoided.

I think it's rediculous that I am required to take all kinds of blood tests every time I have a baby. HIV, Hepatitis, etc...even though my husband and  I don't have any kind of risky behaviors. But still we have to pay for the tests. We've had three kids. We get totally annoyed by this.

Am I alone? Gosh I hope not.

It is a shame that the child is the one that will forever be scared based on the choices of the adults in their lives.  The woman is the most to be blamed because she knows who she slept with.  Enrique should have handled it very different because he also is a victim but this should have been resolved before Salena was old enough to understand the reprocussion. Shame on her mother, the one who is suppose to protect her put her in this position.

It seems like Salena is grounded and hopefully as she grows and matures, she will be able to place her abandon feelings into perpectives and realize she has been surrounded by selfish adults.  I think parents need to think before they act and maybe we would have such a messed up generation coming up due to the stupidity of the adults molding them.