Perhaps unpopular opinion , but quality of DoTA in EG vs Secret series was higher than in vs Na ' Vi . <| sep |> Nothing can stop blue Gareth Barry . <| sep |> We ' re all tanks now . <| sep |> But how many times have you tripped over it ? <| sep |> This is false , or at best , halftrue . If you are referring to neonaticide , or a parent killing their child within the first 24 hours of birth , yes , that is overwhelmingly likely to be committed by the mother . If you are referring to a parent killing their own young child typically less than 5 years old in these studies , then in these cases it ' s roughly equally likely to be the mother or father . However , if you ' re referring to ALL killing of young children i . e . , other people ' s children , it ' s much more likely to be a male 80 percent of the murderers of other people ' s children are committed by males . Overall , 90 percent of homicides are committed by males .