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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 5242745" data-attributes="member: 177">I don't think it is at all that simple.  I am not in a position to say if she was a bad parent, or a normal parent with a kid who had problems.  Without supporting evidence, I don't think we can simply connect her behavior after her son's death to her behavior before - the death of a child is traumatic, and can bring on major behavioral changes.  Your take on it still seems... cynical.  Unnecessarily prejudgemental.  Are parents who join anti-drunk-driving groups driven first by a desire to prove they aren't bad parents?  If her son had fallen in with a person who was a bad influence, and that had led to her son's death, and she went on a spree to discredit or kill that person, would you say she was driven by a need to prove her own worth?  I would think revenge, a desire for justice, or to protect others from that same influence would rank well before proving self-worth on initial guesses.  I think the analogy holds pretty well.*shrug*  I didn't know the woman, so I cannot say.</blockquote>