Is Batman a Bad Father in Rebirth?

[Pohzee]

In Rebirth, Bruce has missed Damian's Birthday and is allowing him to live across the country in San Francisco with a bunch of other kids. Meanwhile, he takes Duke into his manner and founds the 'Tec team because he is worried for the safety of these untrained teenagers, yet Damian has been completely ignored. Robin, the most iconic and important sidekick of Batman, hardly appears in the main Batman book (or ASB, or 'Tec) while Duke, who still lacks a field name is oftenby Bruce's side in ASB and a supporting character in Batman. When Damian does show up in Batman (like he did for the first time in FOUR YEARS two weeks ago,) he is treated like an auxillary character with about as much relevence as the other characters who only show up in Batbooks for events like Nightwing, Batwoman, and Red Hood. Shouldn't Robin, Bruce's biological son, be closer to Batman than an older kid who doesn't even have an alias yet. Damian's not even thirteen, he's not old enough yet to "let him go out on his own." I know some people will say that Damian's lack of appearances is a result of him appearing in Supersons and Teen Titans (though Nightwing, a batbook, still uses him,) but do you think that the way the Bat-Office has handled Damian in Rebirth has reflected poorly on Bruce as a father?

[adrikito]

Bruce was not in his birthday.. Even if this was for create an excuse to approve Damian's independence... Batman has been a better father other times..

Priest is one of the few people who showed his respect for Batman and Robin in Deathstroke comic..

Despite TT and Supersons a lot of people is agree with this... Damian belongs to the Bat-world and he is Bruce Son.

[Flash Gordon]

Moreso bad storytelling, Bruce would have been at Damian's birthday.

[Alycat]

It's super confusing since super sons make you think that he still lives at home, which he should. I wonder what the long run plan for Duke is. He's not going to be Robin, so why keep him hanging around. Are they waiting for Snyder to do something?

[Atlanta96]

Bruce has always been a bad father. Yeah he undoubtedly cares about his sons, adopted or otherwise, but we all know Bruce is paranoid as hell. And his other mental issues are at the very least somewhat serious. He's a pretty good mentor to his sons but he's not taking home a Father of the Year award anytime soon.

So no, he hasn't been a good father during Rebirth. But it's a feature, not a flaw.

[Flash Gordon]

Bruce has always been a bad father. Yeah he undoubtedly cares about his sons, adopted or otherwise, but we all know Bruce is paranoid as hell. And his other mental issues are at the very least somewhat serious. He's a pretty good mentor to his sons but he's not taking home a Father of the Year award anytime soon.

So no, he hasn't been a good father during Rebirth. But it's a feature, not a flaw.

Meh, the Batman I read about is not mentally ill. At least not any more or less than a guy who fights crime with a bow and arrow or a guy who drinks chemicals in order to stretch his limbs.

[Pohzee]

Bruce has always been a bad father. Yeah he undoubtedly cares about his sons, adopted or otherwise, but we all know Bruce is paranoid as hell. And his other mental issues are at the very least somewhat serious. He's a pretty good mentor to his sons but he's not taking home a Father of the Year award anytime soon.

So no, he hasn't been a good father during Rebirth. But it's a feature, not a flaw.

Been reading a lot of older material recently. Bruce was a stellar parent for Dick right up until he dropped out of college in the '80s. Minus the endangering bit.

[The Whovian]

Bruce has always been a bad father. Yeah he undoubtedly cares about his sons, adopted or otherwise, but we all know Bruce is paranoid as hell. And his other mental issues are at the very least somewhat serious. He's a pretty good mentor to his sons but he's not taking home a Father of the Year award anytime soon.

So no, he hasn't been a good father during Rebirth. But it's a feature, not a flaw.

This is not true. I would recommend reading Tomasi's B&R

[Frontier]

Well, one could extend this question to Bruce's questionable fathering skills across his entire history with the Robins (and by extension, the Batgirls) .

It's super confusing since super sons make you think that he still lives at home, which he should. I wonder what the long run plan for Duke is. He's not going to be Robin, so why keep him hanging around. Are they waiting for Snyder to do something?

Snyder's apparently developing him into "something different" from Batman's other partners, so we'll just have to see how that ultimately ends.

I do wonder if Duke is going to stop being Batman's field partner once he finds his new calling...

[Pohzee]

Well, one could extend this question to Bruce's questionable fathering skills across his entire history with the Robins (and by extension, the Batgirls) .

Snyder's apparently developing him into "something different" from Batman's other partners, so we'll just have to see how that ultimately ends.

I do wonder if Duke is going to stop being Batman's field partner once he finds his new calling...

Not Robin. Someone very different. A teenaged boy that is essentially an orphan who lives in Wayne Manor as a surragate son, trains alongside Batman, and will graduate into something unique from the other Robins. But definitely is not a Robin.