The husband as breadwinner, the wife as homemaker and mother natural childbirth home schooling No one is saying that these 3 things are what caused Andrea to go bonkers. I venture to say that you do not live in the same circumstances that were present in the Yates household. my brother and sister in law have this type of arrangement, all except for the homeschooling part, and there is no chance in heck that that situation prevails in their household.
** Christians need to cool their jets on this. YES, the media and Christian-bashers are going to seize on this as an indictment of that lifestyle, and that is lamentable. But to have any credibility at ALL, Christians have to call this for what it was, abuse of wife by an authoritarian and controlling husband, who KNEW dang well she was cracking under the stress of it.
Frankly, I think the media has been rather kind to Mr. Yates. The Today show allowed his aunt on yesterday to talk about what a great husband he is again. I think the liberal fems are standing by him, because he is standing by Andrea. The fact is, he is standing by her to protect himself. His family was more worried about his reputaion than those dead babies within days of the murders. I keep thinking about Andrea stinking with matted hair and wondering "how could he not know how bad she was?" I have not had sympathy for her until I heard the best friend's testimony. I would not be surprised if there was physical abuse as well, and that is just being covered up.