I think that it is really important to remember a couple of thing in this particular case.
1. What this woman did was totally illegal! She told the father that she was taking the kids on a holiday and didn't return them.

2.she actually has permanent custody of the kids in Italy. So it's not like she doesn't see them.

3 there is nothing stopping her from moving back there to be with them. The youngest is 9? So what, another 9 years max?

4. If the father had done this, could you imagine the outcry?

5. All that the court has ruled is that she goes back to Italy to have the case heard there.

I think this has blown out of all proportion and for the sale of the kids, I think the mother has handled this really badly.