I'm tired of looking in the face of little boys and seeing a void. Little boys acting out in search of the attention that they don't receive at home.
It grieves me, that as an educator, I see so many troubled children, who lack a "Father" or "Father figure" in the home.
Today in school, the homework assignment was to write about your Dad. Do you know how many blank stares sat on the faces of these small children? One boy said, "I don't have a Dad."...another boy said, "I only see my Dad like once a year." and another boy said, "I don't have any positive male figures in my life". This saddened me. An earlier assignment was to write about your Mom and everyone was able to turn in at least two paragraphs of things that made their Moms special.
I actually had to get in front of the class and say, "If your Dad is not in the home, then write about your uncle, an older cousin, your grandfather or any other male figure that you look up to".
This is so crazy to me. This "DeadBeat Dad" thing is becoming an epidemic (if it's not already *sigh*) and it's detrimental to the outcome of the children this epidemic leaves in its path.
I know the "absence of fathers" is on a case by case basis. Some children do lose their Father to death, some children lose their Father due to their Mother's bitterness and disdain for their Father but the majority of the children out here have nothing more than sperm donors. Some Fathers just don't want to take care of their responsibilities...they come up with every excuse in the world why they don't want to be in their child's life.
Child support is good but if you are not in your child's life physically then even your 17% means nothing.
Little boy's need their daddies, just like little girl's need their daddies. It's enough already. The children are the ones who are suffering. I see it everyday.
If we had more Father's in the home maybe there would be less jails and less promiscuity.
I NOW see why God created the institution of marriage and why he wanted us all to be virgins before becoming one with our spouse. If we would have done things God's way there would be less Maury Povich Shows and less Baby Mama/Daddy drama but I digress...
