[WolfRunnerWoman]

Yep. I'm in a similar situation. My husband is not morally bankrupt because he is divorced. Heck, he didn't even want the divorce, but unfortunately his ex felt unfulfilled with monogamy. JMHO, painting all divorced people with the morally bankrupt brush is asinine.

Yes, children do suffer with divorce, but blaming a parent for something they could not prevent (thanks to no-fault divorce) is BS.

There is a whole lot of assumption going on about how horrible that dad and girlfriend are. Why not also assume that the father did not initiate the breakup of his previous marriage? Why not also assume that mommy dearest was fostering and encouraging jealousy of the infant half-sister?

[stormyseas]

thank you.....it is ironic I am reading this story today as we are going through some similar displays of anger in my husbands children. His ex-wife now pregnant with #5 just keeps having them to raise themselves. And the courts are mostly for women, the sad thing is, women know it and take advantage of it. (not all, but it seems to be getting worse)I have seen what my husband has gone through with his ex just to see the kids.....it is discouraging.

[Nathan Zachary]

You are right of course. I'm not assigning blame to just the father, but also to who knows what is going on in the mothers home.
What we do know is the child acted out these problems in the worst possible way.
Obviously the father (and girl friend) were not watching either child, which leads us to believe they were more concerned with what activities they were doing than about the well-being of they kids they were responsible for.