Yea, let's just everyone enter the custody of the state as well as take up some welfare. Of course an opinion like this will not be ordered against anyone in this country, you gotta admit some people need this kind of lecturing if they are headed down an ugly road.
Learning English is a great idea, hardly a punishment to the mother and will do exactly what the judge suggests. As long as she can say "I have a job" in English, she's OK by me
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