Saw that on yahoo, I had to stop reading it halfway through. That shit disgusts me. Even when watching anime, if they have some incesty stuff going on I have to skip over it till it's over. Doesn't help that in Japan dating cousins isn't seen as weird, apparently.
And to pilchard:
1.) No, everything rightfully belongs to the mother, a child (I'm assuming they're pretty young) has no legal standing if he hasn't been emancipated. He has rights, of course, but not in the concept of ownership.
2.) I view it as more of a lesson than being a hypocrite, i'd probably do it in another way, but it shows how lies hurt people and in this way it's firsthand experience.
3.) Frankly kids don't get enough tough love IMO. Not talking about hitting kids or anything, but coddling your kids and giving them everything they want? That's much worse.