If my toddler won’t walk I say ok bye then, and fake walk away a few steps, and then go and pick him up. Situation diffused in seconds. They usually only refuse to walk when they’re tired - or as we know from this case and others - if they’re in pain
. I can’t imagine dragging him with reins. It sounds like Frankie couldn’t be arsed. Slow and immature at the very least. I do wonder whether she’ll take the stand. I want to hear the truth and she owes it to her daughter.
I think FS was repeatedly told by SB to make her walk, with no help -and FS complained to mom or Anita she didn’t want to use that leg way back in June, if I am not mistaken. I am surprised that hasn’t been considered the original injury. So poor babe was trying to learn to walk with injured leg from the get go, imo. Our 2 year is still not allowed on stairs alone - was shocked that she was being foced to navigate them alone - again, SB’s doing. I understand some of you may have littles that can manage well, but ours has little depth perception & is a daredevil - not to be trusted at all. All of F’s callous treatment of Star seems to be her following what S told her was right - I think whatever misgivings she had were overcome by the sheer brilliance of SB’s bulls*t. On another note, little ones must take so many more steps to keep up with adults and it would get utterly tiring. I always picked mine up or put in a cart when she fussed. Add a severe concussion with accompanying nausea, headache, desire to sleep, dizziness, re-broken leg, re-broken ribs, internal bleeding / injuries, swollen feet and hands (dang! Fingers bent back even accidentally is powerfully painful!), soreness all over, including cuts to the mouth and inflamed eyes from abscorbic acid (orange squash being a highly irritating substance) - that babe was a walking sack of misery that day. And her mama was likely frustrated as hell, disillusioned at the realization that S was what everyone had been saying, and she’d tied herself in knots to please her. Totally distracted and unable to relate to Star’s pain or fatigue. Only thing she didn’t do was give up drinking & that must have infuriated S to no end, while also providing a means to passively-aggressively harm FS by harming Star & allowed venting of her rage. She also couldn’t get her to full on turn on her child which made her more intent on injuring Star, I think - for sheer hatred & jealousy. I am not saying she is not responsible for her role in furthering Star’s anguish - she makes me sick! But she was never all there for her baby and this relationships ensured she could not be - she was a mess.