It would seem that being religious does not necessarily make for great parenting skills. This is no big shocker, we have all seen "Carrie" and read "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit", so it should come as no surprise that a recent poll by the Mail on Sunday about the worst celebrity parents featured many of this websites regulars.
Britney Spears came in at seventh place, due to her poor safety record of driving with her baby on her lap and her unfortunate tendency to drop him on his head. She is probably not too upset though, we suspect that she will be just relieved to be near the top of any poll after being dropped from FHM's sexiest woman list.

In fifth we have the ever popular Tom Cruise. Tomkitten has not even been born (allegedly) and people are already predicting that he will make an awful biological dad.
Michael Jackson enters at second place, which kinda surprised us, we thought that he was making a valiant effort for first place by dangling his kids off balconies, molesting children*, and dressing his kids from head to toe in blankets and masks, and having a face that is likely to melt/fall off any day now.
Who, I hear you cry, could be a worse father than Wacko Jacko? Brace yourselves....
PETE DOHERTY!
yep, thats right, Pete "I shoot heroin in my eyeballs" Doherty. We didn't even know he had a kid, and we were pretty sure that people like him are not allowed to reproduce. He has a son called Estile apparently. What kind of name is Estile? Moses is a better name than that!

Who knew that taking a shit load of drugs on a daily basis didn't put you in the running for "Dad of the Year award"? Oddly, his coke addict girlfriend, Kate Moss did not make it onto the list, and neither did John Travolta, despite the fact I wouldn't let them look after my pet stick insects let alone a human being.
We feel bad for these kids, and at this holy time of year, we think we might say a little prayer for them... although it would probably take a miracle to sort their parents out.
*Allegedly