As we approach Father's Day, we thought you would appreciate this insight from Marshall Shelley, editor of Leadership Journal:

What would you think of a father whose daughter was raped — and he did not respond? What would you think if the girl's brothers decided to exact their own justice by brutally killing the rapist — and all his brothers, cousins, and uncles, going way beyond "an eye for an eye" — and that same father again did nothing, except to fret that people might think poorly of him?

You might say he failed to exert leadership in a crisis.

What if that same father allowed sibling rivalry between his sons to fester into such hatred that they "could say no kind word" — and again the father does nothing about it?

That's not just poor handling of a crisis — that's serious and long-term neglect of family health.

And what if that father favors one son with a lavish gift, a one-of-a-kind coat, and then sends that son, alone and unarmed and wearing the controversial ...