Murphy's Law

"My people have contacted his people and they just had no response to anything," says 32-year-old Mel B (Spice Girl Melanie Janine Brown) about attempts to discuss paternity with 46-year-old Eddie Murphy, alleged father of baby Angel Iris Murphy Brown.

Murphy, who did not know his father growing up, has five children from his previous marriage and various reports have him promising to take care of the child — if it is of his biology. Yet dadding should be much more than sending money, even for celebrities. Various experts will no doubt weigh in on various sides of this example of parenting, but there does seem to be some general agreement about the importance of communication, for example ... and this does not seem to be a good start in the life of AIMB.

** The dollars don't make the sense to do best by kids. **