Personal Narrative

This is a case in which I was an expert for the defense. Rebecca, a 32-year-old part-time athletic coach, was a passenger in a van operated by the Police Athletic League of a major city. During an outing, the van and a car sideswiped each other. No injuries were...

Our suspicions about Munchausen by proxy/medical child abuse began when my young son, Sam, came for his first Christmas visit since he had moved to Anchorage with his mother, Amy. Amy and I were divorced. Sam was six years old. Amy had warned us that Sam was suffering...

I moderate an online support forum for people with epilepsy and their caregivers. Last year, one of these members managed to throw our entire community into disarray. Her username was Jasmine. She introduced herself as the mother of a son who had intractable epilepsy....

My husband and I need to think carefully about how to manage my mother-in-law’s behavior. Fortunately, as we now live in our own house, we have removed ourselves from any potential danger. But I have noticed that if my husband and I argue (which is not very often), he...

'I was fooled by a mums group catfish' In 2012 I had some shocking, but pleasantly surprising news - I was pregnant, my little girl was due to be born in March of 2013. Like any first time mum-to-be, I felt a bit lost and overwhelmed, luckily I found support in an...

Hannah Milbrandt was seven years old when she was told that she was going to die. Her mother, Teresa, had said that she had acute lymphocytic leukemia, and mere months to live. Predictably, Hannah was terrified, but she struggled on. Her bravery was the talk of her...