inept fathers in popular children's literature

For some time I have had misgivings on a few stories we have for our children, namely the Berenstain Bears.  While I do not sit down to analyze and critique these stories, they struck me, independently of one another, as belittling of the father figure.  When I heard my children reading this story again, I did a quick search, and realized that I am not alone in my concern.  Consider this article.

Yep, the Berenstain Bears are a set of books that will be retired from our personal library.