Hi There is absolutely no excuse for harming children, whether they are your own, or anybody elses. Alas it happens every day, and in warfare children become just as much victims as everybody else.
My small comment: I have seen my daughter and her partner, who has been married before and has a daughter, being made to jump through hoops every time he has access to his daughter by an ex-wife who simply goes on extracting vengeance. She has no other interest in her life except to make things as difficult as possible for a good man - forever. I feel like going up to her and saying: "move on, get a life, woman!" But that would be harrassment.
I get the stories second-hand, because they need to talk to someone about it, to remain sane; I always counsel on behalf of the child.
From what I have seen of this little example I have come to the conclusion that our Courts and often the Counsellors favour the mother, whatever she says goes, even if they are blatant lies. I feel our menfolk are getting a rough deal from the Family Courts and it is time things changed.
In the meantime this poor man who dropped his daughter from the bridge will have to live with the memory of his crime for the rest of his life - punishment enough IMO.
