11-Year-Old Forced To Kill: Mary Elizabeth Bailey on Trauma, Healing & Forgiveness – Ask Dr. Drew

One night after her abusive stepfather got drunk and passed out, 11 year-old Mary Elizabeth Bailey’s mother put a gun in her hand and ordered her to kill him. Later, Mary’s mother told authorities that the child had acted on her own – but the truth came out and her mother went to prison. Mary is now a nurse and business owner who advocates for children who are lost in the system, and shares her shocking life story in her memoir “My Mother’s Soldier” available at amazon.com.

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