r/netflix • u/AnotherDarnDay • 2d ago

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What the hell did I just watch? And what the hell was this person thinking?

I'm in shock that someone would do such a thing to their own child. And that she doesn't seem to have any focus on what she actually did.

The daughter didn't seem to grasp what her mother did when they told her but the father acted on it right away.

Was she totally jealous of her own daughter?

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u/Party_Blueberry_3568 2d ago edited 2d ago

When the police told Lauryn that it was all her mother’s doing, 3 things were surprising: first, the daughter showed no reaction at all and second, she hugged her as if trying to act like someone else was responsible and to protect her. and last, she has the nerve to show her face and say all those bs in this documentary

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u/Cultural-Chart3023 2d ago

Yea that reaction was weird af to me that poor girl is so many levels of screwed up I hope she has a very good therapist

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u/Englishmatters2me 2d ago

One of Lauryn's friends said earlier in thes doc she doesn't show a lot of emotions

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u/Kratzschutz 15h ago

Far fetched but maybe because emotions trigger her mom

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u/LouisvilleLoudmouth 7h ago

This thought crossed my mind too. Perhaps it's a learned behavior that she doesn't realize she learned.

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u/Englishmatters2me 6h ago

Yes. Imagine growing up with a mom who definitely has some type of personality disorder. I'm leaning toward narcissistic. She definitely is a product of her mom's disorder

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u/mafaldajunior 2d ago

She was just in shock

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u/Civil-Two-3797 1d ago

Her "shocked" face looks like her happy face. Also her sad face, mad face and confused face.

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u/mafaldajunior 1d ago

Sure, go ahead and make fun of the abuse victim for not emoting enough for you during the worst moment of her life.

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u/Civil-Two-3797 1d ago

I personally think Lauryn was in on it (to a degree anyway).

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u/sourpatchkitties 1d ago

what would she gain from being in on her mother being an insane person

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u/Civil-Two-3797 1d ago

Someone else encapsulated my exact sentiments. It actually makes a lot of sense:

"Lauren started  this with her moms help. She wanted cast shade on chloe and to keep a lock on owen (and her mom went along to protect her friendship with owens mom and to show her how not to get caught) because of insecurity over owen and chloe who was actively isolating her from social things. Owen was going to Khloes Halloween party even though lauryn wasnt invited-- a party that's described as.. ' all the kids and all the parents are going'. Just not lauryn. This probably also angered laurens mom as well which may have given her justification in her mind that chloe deserved some blame. They thought it was innocent fun. After all is it a crime to text yourself? When lauren got reassurance from Owen around Halloween she stopped texting herself post party. 10 months later thats when i think her mom took over completely. Probably owens wandering eye for Chloe or that other girl made her mom, who comes off as the  'pretty girls protective ugly best friend', start up again. 

People are saying how how can a mom do this to her daughter. The answer is..she didnt. That's why they really comforted each other when dad was getting angry over the Ferris job. Lauryn knew they werent real messages. The problem for her could have been not knowing how to get out of it once the cops were called.. trying to protect her mom who likely told Lauryn all her problems with Ferris. The mother is completely immeshed with Lauren.no boundaries what so ever. Thats why she was okay with the sex talk. Something for two besties to giggle about while they are sending it.

Look at the body cam footage.

Lauryn, who is suppose to have no idea who has essentially ruined her life and drove her to being suicidal, has ZERO reaction when told  mother her did all of this. None what so ever. No anger, no disbelieve, no tears over what she lost, nothing.  She looks like someone just told he that her mom shop lifted at Sephora. She is not in shock.. Because she knew all about it-- because they both were shoplifting in Sephora..and she realized her mom was gonna take the fall.   I mean her mom literally says...i didnt start it...i just finished it. And the cop glossed that over. Hes not stupid..he understands what that means given the evidence they are letting the mom take the fall.

And the dad was confused and angry...and stormed into the house to confront her ...ABOUT FERRIS... Not his daughter. He accepted that no problem. He probably  knew she was behind the texts. It was her lying about job problems that he was outraged about, demanded explanation for and kicked her out for.. not once did he touch or comfort lauren.  And Lauryn accepted that as normal. Didnt have a single emotional reaction. They just huddled together like two teen who just hot caught shoplifting in sephora. :)

The moms explanation was just stupid. And she is on Netflix trying to draw attention to herself to have us all condemning her instead of thinking ..who sent those messages. Her participation-- comparing her situation  to drunk driving--is just rage bait to draw anger. The cops say its your phone from day 1. ... So if you didnt start it that leaves only one person. Your daughter. And Lauryn conveniently says.. i think my mom sent all the messages while walking away with a purse full of lip gloss."

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u/iatethecheesestick 1d ago

Even if she was (which there is no evidence for), she would have been 13 years old when her mother would have started manipulating her. She is a victim in this no matter what. I hope you're a child yourself, and not an adult feeling comfortable victim blaming a teenager like this.

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u/Civil-Two-3797 1d ago

She is a victim. She also likely started it. Both can be true.

From another thread:

"Lauren started  this with her moms help. She wanted cast shade on chloe and to keep a lock on owen (and her mom went along to protect her friendship with owens mom and to show her how not to get caught) because of insecurity over owen and chloe who was actively isolating her from social things. Owen was going to Khloes Halloween party even though lauryn wasnt invited-- a party that's described as.. ' all the kids and all the parents are going'. Just not lauryn. This probably also angered laurens mom as well which may have given her justification in her mind that chloe deserved some blame. They thought it was innocent fun. After all is it a crime to text yourself? When lauren got reassurance from Owen around Halloween she stopped texting herself post party. 10 months later thats when i think her mom took over completely. Probably owens wandering eye for Chloe or that other girl made her mom, who comes off as the  'pretty girls protective ugly best friend', start up again. 

People are saying how how can a mom do this to her daughter. The answer is..she didnt. That's why they really comforted each other when dad was getting angry over the Ferris job. Lauryn knew they werent real messages. The problem for her could have been not knowing how to get out of it once the cops were called.. trying to protect her mom who likely told Lauryn all her problems with Ferris. The mother is completely immeshed with Lauren.no boundaries what so ever. Thats why she was okay with the sex talk. Something for two besties to giggle about while they are sending it.

Look at the body cam footage.

Lauryn, who is suppose to have no idea who has essentially ruined her life and drove her to being suicidal, has ZERO reaction when told  mother her did all of this. None what so ever. No anger, no disbelieve, no tears over what she lost, nothing.  She looks like someone just told he that her mom shop lifted at Sephora. She is not in shock.. Because she knew all about it-- because they both were shoplifting in Sephora..and she realized her mom was gonna take the fall.   I mean her mom literally says...i didnt start it...i just finished it. And the cop glossed that over. Hes not stupid..he understands what that means given the evidence they are letting the mom take the fall.

And the dad was confused and angry...and stormed into the house to confront her ...ABOUT FERRIS... Not his daughter. He accepted that no problem. He probably  knew she was behind the texts. It was her lying about job problems that he was outraged about, demanded explanation for and kicked her out for.. not once did he touch or comfort lauren.  And Lauryn accepted that as normal. Didnt have a single emotional reaction. They just huddled together like two teen who just hot caught shoplifting in sephora. :)

The moms explanation was just stupid. And she is on Netflix trying to draw attention to herself to have us all condemning her instead of thinking ..who sent those messages. Her participation-- comparing her situation  to drunk driving--is just rage bait to draw anger. The cops say its your phone from day 1. ... So if you didnt start it that leaves only one person. Your daughter. And Lauryn conveniently says.. i think my mom sent all the messages while walking away with a purse full of lip gloss."

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u/iatethecheesestick 1d ago

Evidence?

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u/Civil-Two-3797 1d ago

Read above.

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u/ccsr0979 1d ago

Speculation is still not evidence.

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u/mafaldajunior 1d ago

Nothing points to this except for that urge that some people have to blame victims for their own abuse. Smh.

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u/Civil-Two-3797 1d ago

From another thread. It actually makes a lot of sense:

"Lauren started this with her moms help. She wanted cast shade on chloe and to keep a lock on owen (and her mom went along to protect her friendship with owens mom and to show her how not to get caught) because of insecurity over owen and chloe who was actively isolating her from social things. Owen was going to Khloes Halloween party even though lauryn wasnt invited-- a party that's described as.. ' all the kids and all the parents are going'. Just not lauryn. This probably also angered laurens mom as well which may have given her justification in her mind that chloe deserved some blame. They thought it was innocent fun. After all is it a crime to text yourself? When lauren got reassurance from Owen around Halloween she stopped texting herself post party. 10 months later thats when i think her mom took over completely. Probably owens wandering eye for Chloe or that other girl made her mom, who comes off as the  'pretty girls protective ugly best friend', start up again. 

People are saying how how can a mom do this to her daughter. The answer is..she didnt. That's why they really comforted each other when dad was getting angry over the Ferris job. Lauryn knew they werent real messages. The problem for her could have been not knowing how to get out of it once the cops were called.. trying to protect her mom who likely told Lauryn all her problems with Ferris. The mother is completely immeshed with Lauren.no boundaries what so ever. Thats why she was okay with the sex talk. Something for two besties to giggle about while they are sending it.

Look at the body cam footage.

Lauryn, who is suppose to have no idea who has essentially ruined her life and drove her to being suicidal, has ZERO reaction when told  mother her did all of this. None what so ever. No anger, no disbelieve, no tears over what she lost, nothing.  She looks like someone just told he that her mom shop lifted at Sephora. She is not in shock.. Because she knew all about it-- because they both were shoplifting in Sephora..and she realized her mom was gonna take the fall.   I mean her mom literally says...i didnt start it...i just finished it. And the cop glossed that over. Hes not stupid..he understands what that means given the evidence they are letting the mom take the fall.

And the dad was confused and angry...and stormed into the house to confront her ...ABOUT FERRIS... Not his daughter. He accepted that no problem. He probably  knew she was behind the texts. It was her lying about job problems that he was outraged about, demanded explanation for and kicked her out for.. not once did he touch or comfort lauren.  And Lauryn accepted that as normal. Didnt have a single emotional reaction. They just huddled together like two teen who just hot caught shoplifting in sephora. :)

The moms explanation was just stupid. And she is on Netflix trying to draw attention to herself to have us all condemning her instead of thinking ..who sent those messages. Her participation-- comparing her situation  to drunk driving--is just rage bait to draw anger. The cops say its your phone from day 1. ... So if you didnt start it that leaves only one person. Your daughter. And Lauryn conveniently says.. i think my mom sent all the messages while walking away with a purse full of lip gloss."

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u/ccsr0979 1d ago

Nope. I think she was just in shock and disbelief. Poor kid.

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u/Civil-Two-3797 1d ago

And I think differently. Crazy how opinions work, huh?

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u/ccsr0979 1d ago

Except you created a whole made up scenario full of speculation. Mine was summarized in one sentence. I bet you’re into conspiracy theories too. Sometimes things are just what they seem.

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u/mafaldajunior 1d ago

This is just fanfiction. Disgusting and baseless.

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u/Civil-Two-3797 20h ago

Baseless? Lol. You clearly weren't paying attention.

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u/Kratzschutz 15h ago

Ok Kloes mum

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u/mafaldajunior 15h ago

Are you done?

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u/LKS983 2d ago

To look on the 'bright side'....

Kendra CONTINUING to deflect blame made it very clear that she is not only a very sick person, but also that she still doesn't believe she did anything much wrong 😲!

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u/Webbie-Vanderquack 1d ago

She's not sick, she's bad. She's deflecting blame because she wants to get away with no further long-term consequences, not because she can't comprehend her own guilt.

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u/TonightAcademic6322 2d ago

I think she already knew but poor girl didn’t know what to do

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u/TJCW 2d ago

True, but she may not have truly processed it at that time, but sure Kendra is a master manipulator and it will take years for her to actually process and understand what happened

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u/Webbie-Vanderquack 1d ago

When the police told Lauryn that it was all her mother’s doing, 3 things were surprising: first, the daughter showed no reaction at all...

If you rewatch that scene, the police officer was actually very unclear about what her mother was being accused of:

"Mom got wrapped up into some stuff and she didn't start it but continued it. So we found some evidence and have a search warrant. We're gonna take her phone and stuff. Sometimes when we're not thinking straight we do some things that aren't right. Your mom doesn't want this to get out but it is some public information. So it's not going to not get out. I wanna be honest about it, all right? She said you had no idea what was going on and I believe that. What has to happen now is I have to make sure you and your mom are safe before I leave."

"Mom got wrapped up into some stuff?" "Sometimes when we're not thinking straight we do some things that aren't right?" "I have to make sure you and your mom are safe?" What does any of that actually mean to a confused child?

She doesn't actually get upset until her dad asks the mother to leave, so it obviously hadn't occurred to her that her mom might be arrested. I think she was probably thinking her mum had done something relating to her (non-existent) job.

There should have been a social worker or at least another adult present. They should not have told her about her mother's abuse while she was seated next to her mother. And they should have been much, much clearer about what was happening, i.e. "we have reason to believe your mother is the one who has been sending these texts and we can't leave you alone with her."

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u/_chicksareforfags 2d ago

shock? lol.

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u/Conscious_Shine_8265 1d ago

I read another response from another thread that they think the daughter sent the first ever message and mom found out and continued it. That’s why her reaction wasn’t so profound. Regardless the mother is truly sick and psychotic and a sexual predator

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u/Lefty_Country24 1d ago

It was because the police didn't do a good job in that moment at all. They allowed Kendra the space to manipulate by letting her hug on Lauren. The child was clearly confused and shocked. Kendra should've been made to go outside at the least after Lauren was told the news.

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u/BellChance9931 14h ago

I had the exact same feeling, seeing Lauryn's (lack) of reaction when the police informed her who did it. She was clearly in on it.

Also, why were her friends suspecting her doing it to herself early on? That was also very strange. Also that "experiment" one of her friends did, where the only person who was always around when certain information was shared, which was then popping up in messages, was... Lauryn.

I think the argument that "she's only a child" is totally irrelevant. Children can be extremely mean sometimes, and don't have a well defined sense of morality. Manipulated by the wrong people, they can even become monsters and commit horrible crimes.

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u/nicholkola 14h ago

Her mom probably emotional abused Lauryn her whole life and she’s learned to just be quiet and take it. Like babies that learn to not cry or kids that are conditioned to be immature mom’s emotional support. Only the mom’s feelings matter- she knows it’s easier that way.