The "It's Not My Fault!" Syndrome
Oh Alex, you are so not helping efforts to validate Parental Alienation as a Syndrome ... Alex Baldwin's tirade against his minor child needs to be seen for what it is - child abuse. Not only is it child abuse but is also so typical of the mindset and the philosophy that Americans so easily resort to when it comes to taking responsibility for their actions. "It's not my fault." Here is what Baldwin said after calling his little girl a "thoughtless little pig" and threatening to come from New York to Los Angeles to "straighten her out" - a threat to the kid's safety if ever there was one. "Although I have been told by numerous people not to worry too much, as all parents lose their patience with their kids, I am most saddened that this was released to the media because of what it does to a child," he wrote. "I'm sorry, as everyone who knows me is aware, for losing my temper with my child. I have been driven to the edge ...