This so called 'mother' reminds me so much of Casey Anthony it makes me sick. She is apparently a complete narcissist and totally self absorbed. And this is on top of the other psychiatric problems she reportedly has, bipolar, severe OCD to the point of being delusional, etc. She cares nothing for anyone but herself. Period.
Even worse, this completely mentally incompetent person has been allowed to have complete control over these two little children for an extended period of time. This is in spite of there being other so-called responsible adults, family, friends, including the father, in the picture. This is totally outrageous and unacceptable.
This 'mother' had already been known to have had serious mental health issues, so the fact that the children were with her, in my opinion, is in itself a serious problem. To add to that, her dysfunctional and enabling family and friends share responsibility as well. The father is well meaning, but he is weak, and should have taken the children from her long ago. He did not try hard enough. I hope they are all thinking long and hard about this.