What would you think of a father who upon the death of his newborn baby refused to allow a morgue to remove the baby from his presence, knowingly slept in bed with the corpse overnight and then brought the corpse home from the hospital to introduce it to his other children?
Is this normal?
The grief over a dead child is beyond the understanding of any one who has not lost a child but some behaviors can still be seen as patholological. Does this seem pathological to you?
Some experts say “no” that while extremely unconventional, it is still within the bounds of what can be expected, and respected, in parental grief. More say that is is suggestive of deep emotional disturbance and highly injurious to the mental and emotional health of the deceased child’s siblings.
I don’t know but it feels wrong.
If you could tolerate such behavior in a friend or neighbor, would you question it if done by a man who wants to be President?
According to Alan Colmes, a Fox News commentator, this is what Rick Santorum did in 1996. Colmes called it “crazy” but backtracked after pressure from his network bosses. It is a factual account of what happened.
What do you think?
