"A father threw his 10-month-old son to his death from the 14th floor of an apartment block in Shanghai's Minhang District yesterday, police said. Afterwards, the man, surnamed Zhu, tried to kill himself by cutting his wrists. He is recovering from his injuries in hospital. Neighbors said Zhu, 29, and his wife, Wang, 28, were having 'a fierce row' at about 3:40pm. Suddenly, the husband threw the baby out of the window, a witness said. The mother rushed outside but could do nothing to save her child. Police said their investigations were continuing." [Shanghai Daily] more ›

While the Shanghaiist is all for 父爱 (loving your fathersfatherly love), we're hoping most fathers wouldn't quite want you to love them in this way. Source: Happy Rainbow Daily more ›

A 12 year old boy was admitted to a Chengdu hospital with head injuries and a severed penis earlier this year. His stepfather found him lying down weakly on a couch at home watching television. When Xiaotian's stepdad saw his head injuries, he sensed something was amiss. The boy took a while to divulge the full extent of his injuries, but it took some prodding before he revealed that it was his biological father that was the culprit. By the time the boy was admitted to hospital, he had already been without medical treatment for a couple of days. Doctors found the his head heavily scabbed and his genital area heavily infected. more ›