No, the judge tells herself, she decided correctly; her responsibility was not to a sorrowful, desperate mother but to the son.

Back at the police station, those desperate mothers demanded to see the detective inspector in charge of the case.

The character is a compendium of single mothers in Cherry's life "desperate to land a man".

But few desperate mothers appear to be aware of the law, and women continue to leave babies in out-of-the-way places.

He's a hero now to his broken hearted, desperate mother, but that's not what she called him when he left for a bit of adventure.

Eventually, his desperate mother sends him to a boarding school from which he escapes at the first opportunity.

Your continued generosity can help change a desperate mother's life.

Why does a desperate mother lock her young children in a car and push it into a lake?

Meanwhile, her increasingly desperate mother tries to stop him from pushing the family deeper in debt.

Some were left at the home by desperate mothers or fathers who were too poor to care for them.