Friday, July 30, 2010
ARE YOU AS TIRED OF STATING THE OBVIOUS AS I AM? [Rachel Watkins]
  7/30/2010
  In my last post, about "The Kids are All Right" I felt the need to qualify my last statement. When I first wrote it, I wrote the simple statement "Kids are better off with a father". I intended to leave it at that BUT.... Over years of blogging and commenting on others sites and blogs, I have found it necessary to explain the obvious and qualify what should not need explaining. I am so annoyed by others who, when you state something as simple as 'kids need their father' will immediately bring up all those scenarios we KNOW are not healthy. You know, the 'what if's' that do occur but not as commonly as many would think. "What if the father is a serial killer?" "What if he is a drug lord?" and more. Obviously, when an intelligent person writes a statement such as I did, I know that an unhealthy father will lead to an unhealthy family. My statement is not meant to include such scenarios. I am merely stating that in 'most' cases, cutting a father (or mother) off from their children by the mere fact of a divorce or otherwise is not healthy. Arggh!
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