A Manhattan father, in the middle of a divorce and custody
battle, is in a fight this week over a decision he made regarding dinner with
his son. David Schorr is a corporate
attorney turned consultant with degrees from NYU and Oxford University and has actually
filed a lawsuit against the court appointed shrink for defamation because she told
the judge deciding the case (between him and his estranged wife) that he is
unfit because he refused to take his son to McDonald’s for dinner last week.
Schorr has had partial custody of his 4 year old son for the
past two and a half years. The boy threw a tantrum when Schorr told him they could
have dinner anywhere but McDonald’s or no dinner at all. Being stubborn, the
child chose “no dinner” and after repeatedly trying to change his son’s mind
about getting something to eat, to no avail, he dropped him off at his wife’s place
where the boy tattled on his father causing the wife to phone the shrink. In the suit, Schorr’s parenting skills are
coming into question because of this incident. The custody trial resumes in December when the
judge will decide if Schorr is fit to parent his son.
Really? Are we going
to say his parenting skills are bad because he’s refused to feed his child
greasy fast food? Or is it because he
failed to bow to his child’s temper tantrum?
Maybe it’s because he brought him back to Mom without dinner? Is it some kind of abuse NOT to take your
child to McDonald’s?? COME ON!
Does this Dad deserve a bad wrap for this? What do you
think?
