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dynoguy88 · 07-12-2004, 01:23 AM

Is it possible for BOTH the husband and wife to have mental breakdowns at the same time? I can't help but look at Sandra and Marvin Maple as evil. They were completely unreasonable about the whole issue involving the grandchildren long before they kidnapped them.

All the tension and drama started in the first place all because Mark and Debbie Baskin wanted to take Kristi and Bobby home with them after they had stayed with the Maple's through most of the summer and on to Christmas. Sandra acted as though Debbie was this horrible person just because she wanted her children back saying, "They are a part of our family now, you can't do this to me." O.K., I'm all for loving your grandchildren, but this is taking it way too far. You have to let your children lead their own lives. Sandra and Marvin were NOT THE PARENTS of these kids, therefore they had no right to get all angry over the Baskin's wanting to retrieve their children. Any sane grandparent knows this, but they obviously didn't.

The most confusing part was why the Baskin's didn't take the children home with them anyway after Christmas in the first place. I'm guessing it's because they wanted to keep some sort of peace in the family but they still should have taken the children back with them.

I don't know.....you may have a point about them having some sort of mental illness. The fact that the Maple's told police that they would kill the kids before ever seeing them returned to their parents makes me think that. Especially since the Baskin's never did anything to deserve such abuse. Anyone that is crazy enough to do this to their own daughter just might be crazy enough to do almost anything. But a part of me feels that the threat to kill the kids was just a ploy used by them to get the Baskin's to give up their search.

I'd really hate to think that the Maple's could put so much pain to their family in this way and not get punished.

07-12-2004, 01:23 AM	#2
dynoguy88 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 01, 2000 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 3,675	reply Is it possible for BOTH the husband and wife to have mental breakdowns at the same time? I can't help but look at Sandra and Marvin Maple as evil. They were completely unreasonable about the whole issue involving the grandchildren long before they kidnapped them. All the tension and drama started in the first place all because Mark and Debbie Baskin wanted to take Kristi and Bobby home with them after they had stayed with the Maple's through most of the summer and on to Christmas. Sandra acted as though Debbie was this horrible person just because she wanted her children back saying, "They are a part of our family now, you can't do this to me." O.K., I'm all for loving your grandchildren, but this is taking it way too far. You have to let your children lead their own lives. Sandra and Marvin were NOT THE PARENTS of these kids, therefore they had no right to get all angry over the Baskin's wanting to retrieve their children. Any sane grandparent knows this, but they obviously didn't. The most confusing part was why the Baskin's didn't take the children home with them anyway after Christmas in the first place. I'm guessing it's because they wanted to keep some sort of peace in the family but they still should have taken the children back with them. I don't know.....you may have a point about them having some sort of mental illness. The fact that the Maple's told police that they would kill the kids before ever seeing them returned to their parents makes me think that. Especially since the Baskin's never did anything to deserve such abuse. Anyone that is crazy enough to do this to their own daughter just might be crazy enough to do almost anything. But a part of me feels that the threat to kill the kids was just a ploy used by them to get the Baskin's to give up their search. I'd really hate to think that the Maple's could put so much pain to their family in this way and not get punished.