Bad Santa. No, I mean REALLY Bad.

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What is apparent: women killing their children is not misogyny. It is a real problem that is apparently only recently been taken seriously. So much for a popular myth that women would not kill their kids due to some magical or inherited bond. Two threats to a child’s life come from the genetic mother and from step fathers.

Meanwhile, the Economist summary of this problem also noted another fact. These deaths most often occur among the lower classes. Of course, some will cry racist or double standard or whatever. The fact remains from research – this is where parents tends to be the greatest threat to a less than 5 year old child’s life expectancy.