Supposedly Andrea had not hurt or killed children before, if Mr Yates did have some psychic ability and would have taken the kids away from the mother that day, he'd be arrested for kidnapping. If he tried to divorce her --since there was no injury to the kids in the past, she'd have won custody --no question. He did the best with what he had---he continued being the sole provider, he had his mother come in to care for the kids, he put up with a filthy house because his wife was too lazy to even clean. He gave her an evening off every week which is much more than most women get.
I'm sorry, I just see too many situations like this, men who are simultaneously consumed with trying to "make things better" for their emotionally unstable wives, and yet condemned by outside society as "oppressors."
This guy was foolish and ill-advised, but he wasn't a criminal. He simply refused to see what was happening. In my view, he's going to be punished the rest of his life for this, despite what anyone else says. Ironically, it is Andrea who will undoubtedly get off light.
The sheer injustice of those calling for this man's blood is more than I can take.
One evening-three hours--more than most women get? Honey, my husband gets five hours OF LUNCH HOUR every week. You'd better be darn sure I got more than three hours a week off when our kids were little. My husband is wonderful; a true servant leader. He would never even dream of stating something so preposterous.