Subject: Re: Children killed by parentsThis is one of those situations where "all other things" can simply not be equal. Even if you compare parents who are divorced but still in contact with step parents, you have differences in stability and custodial responsibility. Economic pressures and subsistence abuse issues are are also key factors. Then there's the issue, that the Texas courts are dealing with now, of mental stability of the parent.
From: Faith Florer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 16:52:43 -0500
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In general, I have a hard time accepting the evolutionary supposition that
biological relatedness predisposes people to care for a particular child
based on statistics comparing step parents to everyone else. First of all,
step parents end up as parents as a function of another relationship
(marriage). Furthermore, how can you control for the factor of the stress
of the divorce on the second marriage? You would need to compare step
parents with biological parents who were divorced from a previous partner,
who yet had an ongoing relationship withpartner about children, I would
think.
It seems to me that it becomes very difficult to quantitatively study the complex interactive social phenomena that occurs with in families. Unfortunately it would seem to me that we'd have to do psychological autopsies and look for issues that come up when investigating what is going on when a parent kills a child.
But that's just my opinion...or is it?
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Herb Coleman
Adjunct Psychology Professor
Austin Community College
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