The story started when Jane, the mom’s sister, shifted with them after her divorce. The family was more than willing to help her out and support her in this tough time. Jane started a therapy session and taking meds as well to tackle with her mental health distress.

Initially, she used to take care of her child who was just one year old. But as time was passing, she was becoming more careless towards her responsibilities for the child. After a few months, the mom starts to feel like she was the mother of the child, and her sister is just the helper.

Jane started spending less time with the child. Although it was not an issue for Jane’s sister to take care of the two children but it was not healthy for her nephew to be away from his mother. He was too little and spending less time with the mother would make him detached from her for the rest of his life. This was not something the mom wanted to happen to her sister.

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Every time the mom started to talk about it, her sister ignored her. She tended to justify her actions based on the time she needed for herself to overcome the trauma. The water was above her head when one day both the children were crying at the same time and the sister refused to carry her child.

The activities and negligence of the sister outraged the mom. She shouted Jane and told her that the child needs his mother. Nonetheless, Jane ignored her on that day as well and stated that the mom knew nothing about mental health. Jane was also suggested by her sister to change the therapist but she was not in favor of that as well.

The mom felt bad for shouting at her sister, especially when she was struggling with a mental condition. She reached out to the people and asked for suggestions.

Few people were empathetic towards the sister but condemned the sister’s negligence towards her child. They believed that being a mother it was her responsibility to take care of the child. She was expected to come back from the depression as the child would be the one facing the consequences of her actions.

People were supporting the mother and justified her stand. They even suggested the mom to attend one of her sister’s therapy sessions. Maybe this will help her in explaining why Jane should change her therapist and see another good one.

Jane also deserves to live a good life along with her son. It is high time for her to come back for the sake of her son. If she continues to neglect her duties, there are chances that she would destroy a few more relations.

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