Missing Fathers
Posted by shawthor on Friday, 16 February 2007 09:27:20
I listened to Radio 4 on the way to work today with David being interviewed by John Humphrey's. The subject was on the effect of missing fathers on the children and how it could have resulted in the terrible shootings this week in London.
While I agree that a strong male presence is a true benefit to kids (especially boys - all boys need some 'rough-play' to get it out of their system), I would have to disagree with the idea of compelling the father to be there - one way of doing this is tying benefits to maintenance.
A DAD SHOULD WANT TO BE THERE - to see his kids develop, growing up, pick fights, to read stories, etc, etc, not be there because it might be the cheaper option.
Missing Father