And the 2008 Worst Mother Award goes to… Sonia Ringoir.
Okay, maybe not. However, if they handed out an actual award for poor parental behavior the 31-year-old Belgium mother would certainly be in contention for title.
If you haven’t already heard, Ringoir stands accused of selling her newborn twin boys to pay for liposuction surgery. According to reports, Ringoir, a restaurant worker from the Belgian tourist haven of Ghent, was arrested and charged last week after her estranged husband ratted her out. And get this—when police questioned Ringoir’s current boyfriend, he says the mom sold her babies because her estranged husband “put pressure on her to have her body rebuilt.”
Police reports reveal that Ringoir sold the babies to a friend to pay for her cosmetic surgery because Belgium has no law banning the sale of children. That said authorities could only charge Ringoir with “degrading treatment” of the twins and fraud. The latter charge stems from allegations that Ringor conned a Dutch couple by falsely offering to be a surrogate mother. If convicted, Ringor could face between one month and five years in jail.
As for the disgraced mom, Ringoir denies selling her kids. Rather she maintains that she gave her babies away for free last March to a friend who could not have her own child because of a weak heart.
Incidentally, Ringoir has five other children ranging in age from 3 to 13 by two different fathers, and her friend’s consider her a “good mother.”
Two things:
1.) Ringoir’s friends might want to consult a dictionary before using the word “good” so loosely.
2.) Belgium officials might want to consider creating a law that would make selling babies illegal.
Just a thought.
What’s yours?
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