Why do we pay more for a tragedy than for an act of bravery?: One mother saved her six children from a fire and raised $42.000 dollars; the other took her own children’s lives and raised more than one million dollars: the contrast that outraged social media

Por Alexander López
1 September, 2026

One nearly died saving her children. The other killed them. Guess who raised more money.

Emma Schols entered a burning house three times to get her six children out. She was left with burns covering 93% of her body, and her aid fund in Sweden barely reached $42.000 dollars.

On the other side of the world, Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts nurse who strangled her three children in 2023 and pleaded not guilty on the grounds of postpartum psychosis, has a fundraiser that surpassed one million dollars for her family and legal defense.

Some say that impunity disguised as mental illness is being funded. Others insist that separating the crime from the mother’s mental health is unfair and simplistic.

Who do you think that money should really go to?

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