Super Powered

If only dads had super powers not just on philosophical tangents, or in the beliefs of their young children, but in fact. There wouldn't be a Britney Spears yelling at father Jamie, "You can't control me."

There wouldn't have been a "golden boy" shooting himself and leaving his father heartstricken and at a loss: "You play back everything in your mind, over and over, wondering desperately if there was something more one could have done to prevent it. ...You blame yourself for not being able to stop your child from succumbing to a moment of madness."

And an illness like angelman's would be curable, not just treatable. Although it is remarkable what can summon. In this case Colin Farrel, who has most everything else go his way, summons near super (paternal) powers to do the best by his child, announcing in words and actions, "As far as I'm concerned he's exactly the way he should be."

** Maybe there's a real-life reason super heroes are mostly sons and never fathers? **