not that women can't be horrid as well...I just think the stakes are too high to have non biologically attached males around children...
we had a young man of 22 living with and "babysitting" two young boys....well....he killed the mother and the two boys, then shot himself.....but why have this person around?...he had a criminal background and all....
That is the most absurd post of the year. Wow. Shocking.
Happens a lot with live-in boyfriends for some reason.
actually cherry...check out the stats on who kills the kids more often
it will surprise you...and without even taking infanticide into account
http://goodmenproject.com/newsroom/are-mothers-really-more-likely-to-kill-their-children/
but I'm with you really...even though it's not true it feels better thinking women are less likely to kill the kids..
From this site...which sheds light on bad moms and bad boyfriends
http://fathersforlife.org/articles/report/resptojw.htm
PERPETRATOR RELATIONSHIP [3]
31.5% Female Parent Only
10.7% Male Parent Only *
21.3% Both Parents *
16.3% Female Parent and Other
1.1% Male Parent and Other *
4.5% Family Relative
6.1% Substitute Care Provider(s)
5.7% Other
2.7% Unknown
* “Male parent” in that context most likely is just about anything but a natural father.
By this idiotic statement you lump all men in with evil men like the one in the article. There are good decent men that would never harm a child. My husband is one of them.
It is not males, it is ‘not the father’.
If you study primates the ‘not the father’ will almost always beat or kill their not the spring.
A guy named Desmond Morse (sp) wrote a series of books viewing humans as animals (he was an animal specialist). Very interesting.
The ‘not the father’ in most primate cultures killed or damaged the other man’s offspring.
The bottom line, biological father and mother is the optimum place for offspring.
At this very moment my 7 year old godson is asleep on my couch while his mother attends her grandfathers funeral and his father is serving in Kuwait. He is in the safest place in the world for him besides being with his Mom and Dad. This “non-biological” male is the big dog in this house and he will kill anyone who would do this child harm.
Your broad brush was if not ludicrous was at least maliscious, there are many men out here who understand the need to protect those entrusted to our care. He comes to me alot because dad is not available right now and he needs a males’ guidance for things mommy cannot understand. God forbid someone who would do him harm or any of my God children, my children, or my grandchildren. Death will not come easy for them! Prison does not scare me. All the children are precious!
In Donovans’ case, he had an abusive mother, neglect is child abuse, who chose to lie down with dogs and Donavan paid the price for her neglect and gross stupidity.
Any man who would harm a child is lower than the animals and deserves whatever and as much pain and suffering as can be inflicted.
What an ugly, bigoted post.
When I was a (male) teenager I used to babysit the neighbors' younger kids. Somehow I managed to avoid beating them to death, despite what you apparently believe is my defective "nature."
Take your misandry and shove it.
Actually, murders by step mothers is pretty high up there, if not higher. It cuts the child support their studs have to pay.
Equating ALL men with THIS monster is beyond absurd.
are you mentally stable? What kind of rational person would say that?
I would die for any of my children and any other child without hesitation, and I’ve happened to be around a few times to pull some kids out of danger, I’m appalled you could say that, good grief, get a grip.
You and your ideology are the reason men are treated as second class citizens in family court.
You have been thoroughly refuted by many people on this thread. You have not answered any of the posts. Are you ready to retract these statements and apologize to all the wonderful stepfathers, adoptive fathers, and good loving men that you smeared with it?
Yes, cherry, I think you should come back and clarify what you meant. I have been defending what you posted on this thread on the belief that you meant boyfriends, significant others, live-in boyfriends, etc (which I would agree with) and NOT adoptive fathers, foster fathers, and the like.
Wow, pure idiocy.