Why Do Fathers Tend to Abuse Their Children More Than Mothers?
Dear Reader,
How do you know this? Perhaps you've been following Dastardly Dads, Justice's Posterous, or looking at some of the stats in the articles on this site.
Well, in trying to view men and women as equals, I would think that fathers tend to abuse their children more because they haven't developed the skill set required for child-rearing because they have typically been out of the home, or downright NOT interested in the day-to-day affairs of children.
Researchers have noted that with the very high rate of father child abuse, it is a very high concern with more fathers getting custody and assuming primary caretaking roles . You'd think an organization like Fathers and Families would address this, but they are not. In fact, all major organizations, like Social Services, Child Protective Services, etc, should be addressing this, lest more and more children be killed.
Thanks for reading!
See Also: Dad with "temporary custody" confesses to beating 18-month-old son to death; he did it "because the baby wouldn't stop crying" (New Roads, Louisiana)
Dad gets custody this fall, then beats 16-month-old son to death (Germantown, Tennessee)
