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MIKE RINDER ASSAULTED MY MOTHER, PERMANENTLY DISABLING HER: In 2010, my “father” grabbed my mom’s arms, crushing and twisting them so hard that she sustained lacerations, bruises, nerve damage, and a shoulder injury.

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Thanksgiving is a time when you get to be with your family, which is phenomenal and what I wish for you.


Whether you're going to watch a football game or you're having a traditional Thanksgiving dinner or sitting down and, you know, reflecting on what you have to be thankful for, I wish you a very happy Thanksgiving. This is Taryn with justice4mom.



Happy Thanksgiving


justice4mom.org

Updated: Nov 26, 2021

International Tolerance Day is recognized each year by people across the globe who are taking action to create a more tolerant society for others. Be it in the workplace, at school, in the community or family, these actions are crucial to minimize hate and discrimination in our society.


There are three very common forms of intolerance that my father, Mike Rinder is guilty of: Injustice, discrimination and violence.


1. Discrimination – definitely a yes. Mike Rinder does not have boundaries when it comes to discrimination. He will discriminate against anyone and everyone. His only criterion for doing so is those he feels will harm his own reputation by telling the truth of who he is. He has uses various platforms to do so continuously. Worst of all, Mike Rinder discriminates against his own children and family.


To call your child “a robot”, “brainwashed” “an automaton” or a “rabid rat” is beyond cruel and disgusting. No father should ever say this to their child, much less say it on social media! Mike Rinder’s discrimination tells a lot about the man that he is.


2. Injustice—check. [Random House Webster’s: Violation of the rights of others; unjust or unfair action or treatment.]


My father, Mike Rinder, deserted his family, started a hate campaign against us and then domestically abused my mom (the mother of two of his children) and left her with a crippled right arm. He has not been held accountable for this abuse, nor for his hate and harassment of his children. He has continued to victim shame my mother and is supported by such entities as CHILD USA and iHeart radio in that hate. If that isn’t injustice, I don’t know what is.


3. Violence—also a check. As I mentioned, Mike Rinder, attacked my mom. The attack was violent and hurt her badly. He did it with a visible intent to harm her—which he did. This was no accident. The resultant damage was that her right shoulder was cracked, the nerves in her arm were damaged and the flesh was torn. She had to go to the hospital to get surgery because the damage was so bad. His violent behavior manifests itself in the pain my mom experiences every day of every year since that moment.


Please step back and take a look at Mike Rinder and his intolerance of others. It’s prevalent. Confront his intolerance and help stop it by ending any support of him—small or large.


Instead, let’s express tolerance for one and all!



My father, Mike Rinder, was in Philadelphia this past week at a CHILD USA fundraiser, supposedly because he cares about children—but that is a pretense and a fraud. It was utterly insulting to me that his name is even in the same sentence as “child advocacy.” It disgusts me to my core that CHILD USA would even remotely give him a position on its board to represent the interests of children .


Who to judge this more truthfully than me, his own child.

How does a man who physically assaulted the mother of his two children get appointed a board member of an apparent child advocacy group? These facts don’t add up.

Let me walk you through some of my experiences as his daughter and you will see why his position as a board member infuriates me and rubs metaphorical salt in my own wounds.


  • When I was 7 years old I was severely injured in a violent hit-and-run by a speeding car. I nearly died. I was in the hospital for weeks fighting to survive—this was followed by a year of excruciating burn treatments, surgery and physical therapy. Times like this are when one needs the love of their parents. But… I have not one memory of my father, Mike Rinder, being there when I, his daughter, needed him most. On the other hand, I do recall my mom staying with me day and night, rain or shine.


  • As children growing up, my brother and I were constantly chastised, put down and ignored by our father, Mike Rinder. He would torment me about my weight, ignore me when I called, put down gifts I would give him; he would mock my brother for how he wanted to dress, how he cut his hair and what activities he liked. And while these might seem like “little” things that showed he did not care, it was continual through our lives. The point is that he really did not care about us. So much so that he simply left.


  • One day, my father, Mike Rinder, walked out on my mother, me and my brother. Never came back. Never said goodbye. Never said he was sorry for what he had done. What would anyone think about a “father” then?


  • At the age of 24 my brother was diagnosed with a rare form of malignant melanoma. This is a very aggressive cancer and doctors gave him a few years to live. My father, Mike Rinder, upon hearing about this, took absolutely no action of any kind, small or large, to ensure his well-being and that he would survive. My brother ended up getting 4 surgeries and over 30 radiation treatments to beat his cancer. Mike flatly stated he did not want to talk to my mom when she was trying to tell him of their son’s dire circumstances. Mike did not so much as write a note wishing my brother well in his recovery.


  • The only thing Mike’s solid black heart could think of to do was to go and harass my brother—harass his son on the brink of his recovery—with a video camera and a few bully friends no less. Why? To try to “prove” to the press (not his son) that he “really cared” about him.


  • After all that, when my mom tried to talk to Mike in person, he roughly grabbed her and viciously attacked her—right in front of me. He put her into a bodily “lock” by gripping her arms with such force she could not move. The violence he perpetrated on my mom left her right arm/shoulder crippled for life. She has already had years of medical attention and surgery due to his domestic violence attack. He now victim-shames my mom—the victim of his violence.


  • As for his children, he can’t seem to stop attacking me, denigrating my life, my beliefs. And not only that, he has others—total strangers—attack me and my family and seems to relish this.


How does a man who spent some two decades having mistreated his own children and who then deserted them (with not a whisper of concern or love) get a position with a “child advocacy” group? How does a man who physically assaulted the mother of his two children get appointed a board member of an apparent child advocacy group? These facts don’t add up.


As Mike Rinder’s daughter, I find his gleeful posturing disgusting and a disgrace. I just can’t believe the contradiction playing out before my eyes.


If CHILD USA cares so little about who goes on their board and what they represent, someone should look deeper into CHILD USA. (I wonder how much Mike Rinder gets paid or compensated to pretend for them?) I can imagine we might all be appalled by what was found.


Mike Rinder’s approach to life has stayed consistent through the years: He will do anything, at the expense of anyone (especially his family), to satiate his own desires, may they be monetary, vengeance, or personal reputation—apparently this now includes hijacking other victims to improve his image.


Stop the support of Mike Rinder—a man who masquerades as a child advocate while he has a history of abuse.


— Taryn Teutsch


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