Mothers’ role

MARY T CLEARY (Irish Examiner, January 17) claims that fatherless children lack discipline as a result of the absence of a male figure in their lives.

Is it not a little sexist to suggest that mothers are not equally capable of instilling discipline in their children?

As we claim to live in a society that recognises the equal status and ability of women, this statement is outrageous.

It must be remembered that criminals and drug addicts are equally likely to come from a home where both parents are present.

Incidentally, Adolf Hitler was brought up in a home with no mother.

Anne Ralph,

7, Hazelwood Drive,

Glanmire,

Co Cork.