>How is it harsh to point out that this child will grow up almost to their teens without a mother around?

In this particular case I think the absence of the mother is a net positive for the child. Would you want to have been raised by Elizabeth Holmes?

I think this is an unfair judgement. She may be an unethical person but we don't know if she is a bad/evil mom.

Parents must be above reproach.

Hardly unusual, half the kids I see could fit that description. Yet, here we are. Life finds a way.

That it's common does not make it right. We just hit the 8 billion mark, and unimaginable numbers of people across all social strata really don't do anything much but make each other miserable. Do they have the right to live and hope for happines? Definitely. Would it have been better if their parents had used that little miracle called "consciousness" to prevent their children's misery? Also yes.