Sean Goldman's grandparents complaining because they can't see him.

[Mermaid02]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100405/ap_on_re_us/us_us_brazil_custody_battle

I'm having a really hard time feeling sorry for them.

 

[Pakey]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100405/ap_on_re_us/us_us_brazil_custody_battle

I'm having a really hard time feeling sorry for them.

I feel the same. If they had behaved properly for the past 5 years, they wouldn't be in this position now.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

No sympathy.

His human rights were violated for 5 years by the grandparents.

I find it hard to embrace the notion that his human rights are being violated now when grandma and grandpa are offended that dad wants a counselor invovled.

 

[Magic Mom]

"It's a sad situation; I think it's a terrible thing for this boy," Wolfe said. "You can't erase that side of his family."

Where was this lawyer when they were trying to erase the boy's father? In all of this the boy is the real victim. A child should never be a tug of war rope.

 

[Mermaid02]

I assume he and his father are making real progress and getting to know each other- forming a deep bond and Dad is afraid the Grandparents will swoop in with more lies and trash what they are making. They are evil people.

 

[Ohiodislover]

I do hope that Sean's father is doing what is BEST for his son, and not just trying to get them back. Hoping that the boy is meeting w/ the right professionals to help him though all this. I watched the special about them and it looks like that was the plan.

I'm not saying that the grandparents deserve unlimited visitation, but can't help but wonder and think that the boy also misses them. I know they lied to him and kept him away from his dad, but they also were the only family he knew. There has to be some grieving involved.

 

[Mermaid02]

I do hope that Sean's father is doing what is BEST for his son, and not just trying to get them back. Hoping that the boy is meeting w/ the right professionals to help him though all this. I watched the special about them and it looks like that was the plan.

I'm not saying that the grandparents deserve unlimited visitation, but can't help but wonder and think that the boy also misses them. I know they lied to him and kept him away from his dad, but they also were the only family he knew. There has to be some grieving involved.

Since David has mental healthcare professionals involved I would tend to think he is following their advice and not just being a jerk.

 

[NY Disney fan]

If I was Sean Goldman's father I would keep the door open to the grandparents. I'd want to be better than them. Of course, he should not leave the kid alone with them. 24 hour supervision.

 

[Ohiodislover]

Since David has mental healthcare professionals involved I would tend to think he is following their advice and not just being a jerk.

I would think and hope that he is.

I'm sure the grandparents will take this to court. And since it will be here, they might have trouble buying people off.

 

[eliza61]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100405/ap_on_re_us/us_us_brazil_custody_battle

I'm having a really hard time feeling sorry for them.

LOL. I have one word for Granny. KARMA!!

 

[Mermaid02]

If I was Sean Goldman's father I would keep the door open to the grandparents. I'd want to be better than them. Of course, he should not leave the kid alone with them. 24 hour supervision.

He takes a breath and he is better than them.

 

[handinpocket]

Oh boo ****ing hoo, cry me a river. What goes around comes around. They don't deserve to ever see that child again. The damage they did to the parent/child relationship is deep and is going to leave lingering scars. Jerks.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

From the article:

When the handoff finally happened last December, Goldman denied Silvana Bianchi's request to board the private jet that flew the child and his father back to the U.S.

Goldman's lawyer, Patricia Apy, says the father is willing to give the boy's maternal grandparents access to the child in time, but he wants a mental health professional involved.


"We requested from Silvana and her husband in January that there be a process to deal with the ongoing family relationship, which is complex because David is getting to know Sean," Apy said.


"That was not a process that they were willing to be involved in."

They make it sound like David Goldman was evil for denying the grandmother's request to board the jet that took Sean and David back to the U.S. They had just had Sean for FIVE YEARS; they had just paraded him dramatically and unnecessarily, for their own agenda and with no regard for the emotional health of their grandson, through the streets to hand him over to David (and only because they had been ORDERED to return him to his father). They had just seen him and been with him...once they had handed him over, it was time for Sean to spend time with his father, not put him in another drama filled scene by allowing his grandparents, who clearly were on a mission to sabotage the exchange, whether physically or emotionally, to board the plane. Those people make me sick.


Having said that, I suppose Sean loved his grandparents, and they him, as misguided as they are. But they want to see him on their terms...it has ALWAYS been about them and THEIR terms...and not the best interest of their grandson. I truly believe that David is concerned first and foremost about the best interest of his son. He has EVERY reason to believe that Sean's grandparents, left on their own, would take or MAKE an opportunity to portray David as a terrible father, Sean as a traumatized boy, and the situation living with his father in NJ as damaging to Sean. I wouldn't trust them with my dog. And beyond that, in ANY situation where there was a dramatic change of custody (to a parent he hasn't seen, to another country), there should be professionals involved. With the contentious public battle involved here, there absolutely should be.

 

[dislaney]

Maybe this should be about the boy and what is best for him. NOT the grandparents and what is best for them?

 

[ols386]

I have absolutely no sympathy for them.

I do feel bad for Sean. Even though the grandparents basically tried to brain-wash him against his father, I'm sure that Sean misses them because they were such a huge part of his life.

What the grandparents did to Sean was emotional abuse, and that's completely unacceptable.

 

[MosMom]

If his maternal grandparents were beating him, nobody would be encouraging a relationship so quickly. They emotionally abused him and I think eventually there can be a (supervised) relationship but David Goldman is absolutely correct in wanting a mental health professional involved.

I'm sure they love him but at some point, a fight becomes about the fight and they are definitely in that loop. I'm not sure it is about Sean and what they believe is best for him anymore.

 

[DisneyFan32WI]

HA! The tables sure are turned now!

 

[RachaelA]

I'm glad they weren't allowed to see him. At least for now. They need to follow the rules and then they can see him!

 

[mrsklamc]

I'm no legal expert but shouldn't they have been arrested the minute they hit the ground in the US for all the years they spent in contempt of court?

ETA: it may be that only his mother was the subject of US lawsuits before she died.

 

[agnes!]

Cry me a river as well. These selfish people are all about controlling other human beings. Hey, I just had a thought...maybe their daughter had no intention of staying in Brazil until she went for that fateful visit... in any case they're two evil narcissistic brainwashing control freaks and deserve each other.

agnes!