Any "human" that feels ok with locking their kid in a drawer is not fit for society. That's not like forgetting to feed your dog one time.

Regardless of whether she was too mentally deficient to understand what she was doing or she consciously tortured this child. It's highly unlikely that someone could put a child, their own child, through that nightmare and all of a sudden turn a new leaf. 7 years is far far far too light of a sentence, this "mother" is a danger to others.

I know it could never be fairly implemented... But there really should be a class or test or something people need to pass to be allowed to have kids