If you’re not on this list, you must be doing something right
Flavorpill’s rounded up who they deem to be the worst dads in cinematic history… and since their list includes domestic bullies, murderers, a pedophile and a Sith Lord, we’re not going to disagree with them. But bad dads can make for some pretty great films. Here are the fathers who most certainly do not know best:
1. Lt. Col. “Bull” Meechum in The Great Santini
2. Col. Frank Fitts in American Beauty
3. Dwight Hansen in This Boy’s Life
4. Humbert Humbert in Lolita (This doesn’t really count as a dad figure though, eh?)
Apparently, family harmony does not come from money, homecookin’ or even love. The secret to family happiness may be in the gender of your kids. According to the London Telegraph, a study of over 2,100 parents revealed that families with two daughters were happier in general than parents with other combinations of children. The unhappiest? Families with four daughters.
Here’s the breakdown:
The happiest families were made up of two girls, followed by families with one child of each gender, and then families with two boys.
The unhappiest families were made up of two boys and two girls, three girls and one boy, and three boys and one girl. The most difficult families made up of four daughters. Reasons for this include more infighting, more noise, difficult bedtimes and overall expense.
4. And we can all breathe easy now; the Tiger Mom’s daughter got into both Harvard and Yale. So, Tiger mothering works, if your goal for your kid is an Ivy League education.
5. Speaking of cubs, what happens when twin baby black bears are abandoned by their mother and made to hang out with a baby tiger?
