Fathers get a bad rap in the media and the courts

Fathers get a bad rap in the media and the courts | Editorials & Opinions | Fort Worth, Arlin...

Arnold Schwarzenegger. John Edwards. Eliot Spitzer. John Ensign. Mark Sanford. To hear the media tell it, we live in the era of the bad dad.
Stories about famous, successful men who submit to temptation and harm their family lives in the process certainly make great headlines and Internet fodder, as do the divorces that often follow.
Lost in the obsession over this handful of episodes is the fact that research shows that most fathers are heavily invested in their kids' lives and that their presence is vital.


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