THE MYRIAD OF WAYS JENN SOTO BETRAYED HER DAUGHTER

 THE MYRIAD OF WAYS JENN SOTO BETRAYED HER DAUGHTER

___________________________________________

   While no one can FACTUALLY say that Jenn Soto knew ANYTHING about Stephan Stern's true nature, about anything that was occurring. Take her knowledge, or lack there of out of the equation all together. Whether true or false, Jenn Soto, failed her daughter in many complicated ways. To me, arguably, these ways, in which Jenn betrayed her daughter, were tantamount to her death/demise. Here are a few examples:

____________________________________________

1. mother's instability, mentally, prohibits her from being "clear-

minded" , well-thought out decisions on any level. Evidence 

reflects that Jenn Soto was barely, if even so, to able to take care

of herself and her needs/mental health. This makes her, by

way of untreated trauma, is neglectful, selfish, and disconnected

from her daughter.

2. Bipolar Diagnosis and ever-fluctuating medication changes 

made her decision making even more poor/insight even smaller.

3. Jenn clearly has untreated, outside of medication, PTSD.

She is disconnected, and her trauma, likely sexual, that she still

carries trauma, untreated, with her daily. Now that her daughter

has lost her life, at the hands of THE PREDATOR, Stephan Sterns,

and will compound all the trauma that Jenn was already struggling

to maintain/get ahead of.

4. Jenn was very co-dependent. Predators know this, look for this,

prey on this. She by the nature of her vulnerability, and

availability, of herself, and her daughter, was a target looking

to groom a child. Stephan knew that the way to gain access to

Maddy would be through Jenn. Jenn, with her trauma, lack

of stability, lack of a biological father's presence in Maddy's

life, gave Stephan the means, method, and nothing but

opportunity and time on his hands. He capitalized on the privacy

that he and Madeline had, as a "stepdad stand in" kind of figure.

5. Jenn does not naturally have a maternal instinct. It does not

come naturally and it does come first. I do believe Jenn "loved"

her daughter; but through a lense of instability and a variety of

medications to numb herself/self-soothe.

6. Jenn Soto allowed Stephan to "stick around" despite not

having a job, contributing anything to the household,

and his parents paid his rent. In the "faux family of three",

in Stephan's twisted mind, through his perspective, 

this was the perfect opportunistic relationship to act out all

his sexual deviance without any worry of being interrupted

because mom had to work so frequently.

7. Jenn's "accidental"/"unconscious" normalizing of 

of opportunity for Stephan to have that availability of

alone time, and lack of safety and supervision to prey

on Jenn's daughter. 

8. complicated/ poor communication between mother and daughter. They once were in therapy, as mother and daughter,

to work on "their issues." However, at some point, during that

time,  this progress toward mending the relationship. The

counseling sessions stopped upon one of Stephan's return

to their home. He was, as she was, a boundary to mending

their relationship.