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ABC's "8 Simple Rules," which starred the late John Ritter — one the 12 sitcom fathers studied — featured dialogue that included hurtful things to their children. The study appeared in Psychology of Popular Media Culture this month. (ABC)
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This Jan. 8, 2014 file photo shows Joseph Bruce aka Violent J, left, and Joseph Utsler aka Shaggy 2 Dope, members of the Insane Clown Posse after a news conference in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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In this Dec. 13, 2013, file photo, Avril Lavigne performs in concert during the Mix 106.5 Mistletoe Meltdown at SECU Arena Towson University in Towson, Md. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton steps onstage to address an audience at Trident Technical College during a campaign stop Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gives a press conference on the second anniversary of his election in Tehran on June 13, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Dan Bloom, a journalist who started the Cliffies two years ago and traces the evolution of climate change films, said it all started with "The Day After Tomorrow" in 2004. "And I think we're going to see a lot more in the next 10 years," he predicted.
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"Tomorrowland" is following a film industry trend by centering climate change in a fictional story. The big-budget Disney film tanked at the box office and received poor reviews, but is a contender in the Cli-Fi Movie Awards. (Walt Disney photographs)
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Celtic Woman is bringing its Celtic instruments and high-energy take on traditional Irish music to the Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia, this Saturday evening. (Photographs by David Conger)
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Geralt of Rivia stars in Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment's The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and an Inkling from Nintendo's Spaltoon.
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An operating room is seen through a window at a sanitizing station in the soon to open University Medical Center New Orleans, during a media tour in New Orleans, Wednesday, June 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Deen Castronovo, drummer for rock band Journey, performs at the Salem Conference Center in Salem, Ore., in this Thursday, April 28, 2011, file photo. Castronovo has been released on bail following a domestic violence arrest in Oregon. (AP Photo/Statesman-Journal, Timothy J. Gonzalez, file)
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Pope Francis waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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In this image released by NBC News, former NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal appears on the"Today" show set on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, in New York. Ms. Dolezal was born to two parents who say they are white, but she chooses instead to self-identify as black. Her ability to think she has a choice shows a new fluidity in race in a diversifying America, a place where the rigid racial structures that defined most of this country’s history seems, for some, to be falling to the wayside. (Anthony Quintano/NBC News via AP)
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A combo taken on Wednesday June 17, 2015, shows some of the British national newspapers of Tuesday, June 16, and features at center the back page of The Times showing its daily crossword puzzle. A crossword-loving British lawyer hid a marriage proposal in Tuesday's edition of The Times newspaper's daily puzzle. (AP Photo/Tony Hicks)
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Cheers: The Complete Series, Clint Eastwood: The Universal Pictures 7-Movie Collection, and The Roosevelts: An Intimate History are some last-minute gift ideas for dad. (Photo by Joseph Szadkowski / The Washington Times)
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Nasir al-Wuhayshi, al Qaeda's No. 2 figure and leader of its powerful Yemeni affiliate, was killed in a U.S. strike, making it the harshest blow to the global militant network since the killing of Osama bin Laden. In question now is who is going to fill his role. (Associated Press)
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Developer Donald Trump gestures as he announces that he is seeking the Republican nomination for president, Tuesday, June 16, 2015, in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Cultural icon Pat Boone will have his say about his 60-year entertainment career and America in general on Wednesday at the Heritage Foundation.
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In this June 11, 2014 file photo, Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto introduces the Nintendo's Mario Maker during a press event at the Nintendo booth at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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Disability activists have launched a petition demanding Princeton University professor Peter Singer resign over his outspoken support for euthanasia and infanticide. (Wikipedia)