In an article published today in the latest issue of REDBOOK, the mother-of-two, who calls herself Jennifer Rabiner, confesses how she has never been able to love her eldest child…

Describing the child as ‘skinny and weak’, she reveals how Sophie was withdrawn and anxious.

She writes: ‘She nursed poorly, and she cried so hard that she vomited – daily. As a toddler, she was strange. She wouldn’t make eye contact, and she’d scream bloody murder at the sound of ripping paper… She couldn’t – or wouldn’t – answer direct questions. She didn’t make friends.’