I'm just wondering how they went from A to C because surely plan B would have been to seek family therapy, perhaps a trained specialist in some field or other could have helped? I mean she basically screwed the poor kid up even more so.
ITA about changing the kids name unless it’s the kids’ choice. But on the other hand say the child is still a baby (under 3) I could see altering the name or using a nickname in place of the real name, example: Anastasia becomes Anna or Anne