No Mr. Baldwin.  I don't understand.  Nor do any of your rational friends.  Your tirade of your daughter is inexcusable!  Do you think, in that massive ego of yours, that you are the only parent that has been shafted and lied about during a custody battle?  No wonder your ego could not contain itself when you let your real self out on your daughter's voice mail!  While we all hope that custody battles are civil affairs, the ugly truth is that they rarely are. 

BUT (not the BUTT you are), it is up to the more mature parent to KEEP THE CHILDREN OUT OF IT!  If you truly loved your daughter, yes, you would be hurt, upset, even angry - at your ex!  Not your daughter.

The only thing you demonstrated in that tirade was your extreme immaturity, and the fact that your ex can get your goat at any time she wants.  And you also demonstrated your unfitness as a parent.

Some people are not as lucky as you.  They neither have the resources, nor name recognition to carry on a fight for 6 years (and they even know their child's age!).  Others rot in jail over trumped up charges of mental, physical or even sexual abuse of their estranged child.  Charges fabricated by a hateful ex spouse to ensure they play no part in their child's life.

But you?  Your daughter missed one call from you (maybe more).  Boo hoo!  Whatever Kim Bassinger said about you is mild in comparison to what you demonstrated to your daughter, and the world with your infantile behavior.

You sir, are what gives fathers a bad name.  And I only have contempt for you and your childish ways.  Don't talk to me about loving your daughter.  It is plain that you only see a prize to be won against your ex.  Not a child that needs nurturing and loving - and understanding if indeed your ex is playing her against you.  If the latter is true - and the public circumstances the rest of us see now is just a mother trying to protect her daughter from a raving lunatic - you played right into her hands.

Blame it on your ex.  Blame it on society.  Blame it on your friends.  Blame it on your daughter.  But the one thing I don't expect to see, and don't expect, is for you to blame it on yourself.

But in the end, that is the biggest source of responsibility for your actions.  And one you don't seem mature enough to understand.

Go play with your toys.  And leave your daughter alone.  She is not a possession or a toy.