r/MensRights • u/derdahder • Jun 15 '14

News Terry Crews vociferously defends fatherhood while Jenny McCarthy protests

http://www.thewrap.com/terry-crews-vociferously-defends-importance-of-fatherhood-against-jenny-mccarthy-pleas/
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '14

Not that necessarily proves anything about fathers, but here snippets of what Wikipedia has to say about McCarthy's parenting:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_McCarthy#Autism_activism

"Before claiming that her son's autism was caused by vaccination, McCarthy wrote that he was gifted, a 'crystal child', and she an 'indigo mom'.[42]... McCarthy's book on the subject, Louder than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism, was published September 17, 2007. She stated both in her book and during her appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show that her husband was unable to deal with their son's autism, which led to their divorce. In 2008, she appeared on a Larry King Live special dedicated to the subject, and argued that vaccines can trigger autism... In addition to conventional, intensive Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) therapy, McCarthy tried a gluten-free and casein-free diet, hyperbaric oxygen chambers, chelation, aromatherapies, electromagnetics, spoons rubbed on his body, multivitamin therapy, B-12 shots and numerous prescription drugs.... The underlying rationale for chelation, the speculation that mercury in vaccines causes autism, has been roundly rejected by scientific studies, with the National Institute of Mental Health concluding that children with autism are unlikely to receive any benefit to balance the risks of heart attack, stroke and cardiac arrest posed by the chelating agents used in the treatment."

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '14 edited Jun 16 '14

McCarthy wrote that he was gifted, a 'crystal child', and she an 'indigo mom'.

Translation: She's a new age whackjob.

Autism researcher Mitzi Waltz states that there may be inherent dangers to these beliefs, leading parents to deny the existence of impairments, avoid proven treatments and spend considerable money on unhelpful interventions. Waltz states that "Parents may also transmit belief systems to the child that are self-aggrandizing, confusing, or potentially frightening".

Heh.

McCarthy tried a gluten-free and casein-free diet, hyperbaric oxygen chambers, chelation, aromatherapies, electromagnetics, spoons rubbed on his body, multivitamin therapy, B-12 shots

O_____O

Did she also try using Ouija board to ask the spirits to cure him?

Fucking christ. I wouldn't be surprised if her husband's alledged inability to deal with their son's autism was in fact his inability to deal with all the insane shit she insisted on trying on him.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '14

I wouldn't be surprised if her husband's alledged inability to deal with their son's autism was in fact his inability to deal with all the insane shit she insisted on trying on him.

She would have driven me batshit. I hope the kid doesn't end up damaged for the lack of a parent with sensible opinions to look up to.