The Shaquan Duley Murder Case: Why Moms Snap
Shaquan Duley, the South Carolina mother who allegedly suffocated two of her young children this week before submerging her car — with the bodies of her 18-month-old and two-year-old sons inside it — in a river, has been arrested and charged with two counts of murder. Investigators have not said yet whether Duley has been assessed by a mental-health practitioner. But in some cases of mother-on-child violence, experts note that the moms were suffering from postpartum disorders, which left untreated, can yield dangerous — and sometimes deadly — consequences. Diane Sanford, psychologist and co-author of Life Will Never Be The Same: The Real Mom's Postpartum Survival Guide talks to TIME about how these illnesses can sometimes cause mothers to snap.
What can you tell me about women who are driven to kill their own children?
In general, women who kill their own children
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