The author should know that Fathers are just sperm donors and after that Women don´t need ´em. Or have the Women changed their minds again?

My only point of criticism would be her reference to Adam Lanza as a "homeschooled social misfit", as though one preceded from the other. He wasn´t homeschooled until late in high school and seemed to always be a social misfit.

But that´s probably just this homeschool Mama´s sensitivity to the "socialization" issue talking.

This is 2012. We don´t need no stinking fathers.
By the way, it seems to me that most left wing loons are raised in single parent families.

In those parts of the world where ammunition is sparse and dear, most killing is still accomplished with a machete.

I´d rather be shot.

It´s a violent world.

We are only just barely out of the caves and jungles.

Nothing has changed.

Another stupid article. There are plenty of in-tact families with Dad very involved and a child has serious mental illness. Psychotic breaks happen in spite of Dad´s presence. Quit trying to change the subject. Those with serious mental illness in our society need easier access to treatment (without the laws putting all sorts of barriers in the way of family and law enforcement in getting them to treatment.) And the seriously mentally ill do not need access to guns any more than 2 year olds need access to guns. The Founding Fathers never intended to arm psychotic citizens.

"Julia´s" child didnt need a father...he (she,it?) has Obama

There are a lot of recent developments that we can point to as potential causes:

* two income households/latch-key kids
* cultural nihilism
* cultural moral relativity
* Socialist policies that take responsibility from the individual and make them dependent (and demanding) on the state
* the ACLU´s push to make it impossible to commit a family member with violent tendencies
* Hollywood´s push to portray any person committed to a mental institution as a victim
* Divorce/single parent homes
* realistic violence in the entertainment industry

They want to talk only about guns because they certainly don´t want to talk about any other factors that might make them uncomfortable about their own choices.

Ruthie, shall we consder the media/culture and itheir continual denigration, criticism of all things white male?

Sorry for the second post, but I really wanted to add another one:

* Was he raised going to church? (if he had been, you know that´d be relevant to the Democrats, so I think it´s relevant if he was)
* If he was an atheist, was he the "live and let live" type or the kind who is full of hate.
* Was he registered to vote? Which party?

I noticed that they started taking out after the mom for being a "survivalist" and then they backed off. I wonder if she was registered Dem. I feel like her registration would be big news if she were a Republican.

She lost me at "home schooled social misfit." Do you always point out when someone is a public school social misfit?

Statistically, these events are not happening more frequently, by the way.

More psycho-babble from the "uninformed but full of speculation" front. Worthless blather.

I don´t understand the criticisms here. The author had a very good point--what kind of man leaves his ticking time bomb of a son with a gun-hoarding crazy mom? It would appear that he wiped the dust off his sandals and started up with his new family.

You can highlight other issues--media, video games, mental issues. ACLU, etc,...but the author´s point is still valid.

As a father of 5, and a man raised by a single mom and two older sisters, this author NAILS it! Despite all of the psycho-babble out there, happy-disciplined-achieving children come from homes where the father has a strong loving presence and influence. Those are the fruits!

If I´m a caring father and my child is mentally unstable, I´m going to be involved and take the lead in ensuring he/she is loved and has the help they need. A responsible father doesn´t walk out on his kid, not have contact with them for a few years and then wonder how and why the child can go on a shooting rampage. The father´s role is essential in the life of his children. That´s why God created marriage and family the way that He did!

"...what kind of man leaves his ticking time bomb of a son with a gun-hoarding crazy mom?"

The kind of man that has been ground up and spit out by the US divorce industry, relieved of his wealth and primary access to his kids [other than the child support.]

Traditional fathers have been reduced to mere money/sperm donors by our RadFem "values."

This article would be best suited to the killings in Chicago...IMHO