I Showed Up Unannounced On Christmas Eve And Found My Son Scrubbing Floors While Other Kids Opened Gifts. I Took Him And Left — And The Calls Started Three Days Later. – The Archivist

or the threat of humiliation.

Christa never completed the parenting course. She sent letters—dramatic, wounded letters about ungrateful children and lies and conspiracies—that I threw away without reading. She tried to contact Todd through relatives until I made it clear that anyone who facilitated contact would be cut off completely. Eventually, she continue reading …