Sandra Lloyd, Ms Brennan's mother, asked medical staff at the inquest why her daughter had not been sectioned under the Mental Health Act.

BBC: The sign outside the Bradgate Mental Health Unit.

At least they thought they were alone until they got to school, and a friend who'd passed them in a cab asked why Lucy's mother was following them at a safe distance.

WSJ: Raising Kids in the City

Ms Dardenne also asked Michelle Martin why she as a mother stood by and allowed the abuse to happen.

BBC: Sabine Dardenne

When asked why her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, struck such a chord, author Amy Chua said she thought it played to our two biggest fears: our kids and China.

FORBES: America's Childhood Fears