Why Absent Fathers Harm Children and Ruin Society
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Published 2023-08-14
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While there are alot of absent fathers in society there are also those fathers separated from their children by the legal system and abusive mothers which is much more common these days.
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I grew up without a father and I will never abandon my son. The love I have for my boy is endless.
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I grew up fatherless, I knew who my father was and visited him a few times growing up and just recently at age 30. He bragged about putting his wife’s daughter through college while I literally got nothing from him. I never tried to hold back tears as much as I did during that visit.
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Having an absent father has made me realize how much my mother has gone through to fill that gap for both parents. She did the best she could and I will always remember that type of love she has for me for when I become a parent. Although it is upsetting seeing all the others kids with their fathers and knowing I would never experience that, I never felt unloved because of the amazing job my mother did. Thanks mom, you're the greatest parent I could have asked for.
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My wife worked in a government funded daycare for poor families, special needs kids or new citizens. There was only one male daycare worker in the whole building, and he was a 50 year old man. The children, especially boys, loved him, he was the closest thing in their lives to a father figure, or any male figure that actually paid attention to them. It was actually heartbreaking seeing how much they needed a man in their lives.
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It hurts. It really hurts not to have a father growing up. But you know what is more of a jabbing stung to the gut, is finally meeting him and realizing you were better off without him...
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We don't need just any father. We need good fathers with values and love.
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I don’t know what’s worse fathers that stay and terrorize their family or fathers that leave their family.
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“What society does to its children, so will its children do to society.” ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero [De Officiis]
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I denied that having an absent father affected me for decades, until I grew up and had my own children. I then realized how much a child needs his father, and have made this my commitment to my own children, nephews, and community by coaching baseball.
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I thought I was fine growing up with an emotionally (and more often physically) absent father until I had kids of my own. My husband is such and amazing dad and I’m SO grateful to have him, but it does hurt knowing I never have and never will have a father. There’s a man in my life who supported me financially and sometimes lived in my house. That’s it.
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This hits home. I’m a father to be, my wife is 2 months pregnant and I have every intention of being as kind and wise and present of a father as possible! Which is much more than I can say for my dad.
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My sister is divorced- resulting in a child with no consistently present father figure. I still remember how his eyes lit up when I picked him up (5 years old) with no effort and swung him around playfully. He snuggled into my chest and arms as I could tell he felt something he never felt before; strength, security and power all in one motion. It hurt me to see that he does not experience something like that often.
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“His heritage to his children wasn’t words or possessions, but an unspoken treasure, the treasure of his example as a man and a father.” ~ Will Rogers, Jr. (1879–1935)
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My daughter brought home a fartherless 19yr old. He wants to help me with everything and sticks to me like glue . I've been teaching him basic skills in life into building a good family home. If my daughter marries him would be great will love him as my son.
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I think an absent father is better than an abusive alcoholic one.
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My father was in the home, but very absent in the ways that matter. At 17 I joined the Army. Years later I've often reflected that the Army filled the role of father for me.
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My father largely ignored me my whole life, and I grew to despise him, especially in my 20s when he couldn't belittle me anymore without me pushing back. To this day, I consider him the embodiment of everything in the modern man that I despise, a fat, meek consumer who is only concerned with his material possessions and pushes people around weaker than himself from a position of safety.
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I had my father for 16 years before he passed away. These 16 years were the most important part of my life and he taught me to understand people and their needs, how to flourish in this environment and just how to be a good man. I feel sorry for all the people whose father just left them. That's just something so valuable lost forever.
