To some, January is known as “Divorce Month,” and many unsuspecting fathers are not ready for the worst-case scenario. Studies show that women initiate divorces most of the time, and hence it’s essential to prepare single fathers for the possibility that access to their children may be in jeopardy if their separation turns contentious.
Imagine being a child who was told that their father wasn’t interested, that he had left, that he never made contact or a plethora of other lies only to find out in their latter years the total opposite.
Imagine being a child who was lied to by a very person who should be protecting you. The same person was the one that orchestrated it, so a little boy or girl lived a fatherless life.
Now imagine being the father who has fought for everything, fought for all his access for many years, never deviated from his mission to be a father and to be present in his child’s life. The same man has given up everything, all his savings, his time, his own dreams to simply be a father.
Imagine being the grandparents who are ‘not allowed’ to see her grandson and are praying for his well-being daily.
Now imagine being the mother who created all this…
There are millions of children growing up without a father. This figure is growing by more than a lakh each year.
Guess what? These alienated fathers are not all deadbeats. They are not all abusive, they are not all drunks, they are not all selfish, and they are not all absent.
They are just like me…
