Sometimes moms have to be dads
Because the dads didn't want the kids they hadSome had reasons they couldn't explain
Others just wanted to play silly games
Children's life are at great stake
And they are never a mistake
So if the dads don't step up to the plate
It's up to the mom's to fill his place
A mom's love will always endure
This is one thing I know for sure
Moms never speak bad of their dads
Just do the very best you can
HOLD ON TO GOD'S UNCHANGING HANDS
HE WILL TEACH WHAT TO DO
TO RAISE YOUR CHILDREN AND BRING YOU THROUGH!
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As a teenager sitting in a park one day, a park l lived very close to, I often saw a divorced couple meeting to exchange their little boy. At first it seemed like a normal exchange. One day, I saw them get into an argument and could not believe my eyes. They had the poor boy as a tug of war, one holding his feet and the other his arms. The poor boy was creaming and I looked into his eyes and my heart broke. Honestly, I felt like beating up the parents and as I watched I couldn't take it anymore and yelled-out, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!!! It scared them and they stopped and drove away. This is something that I will never forget..and has helped me be the father that I am today.
With men, the perception is that any single dad involved with his child is a good dad. That's an equally damaging perception of single dads; the idea that a man is involved with his child's life should not be a given, but an assumption. There should not be anything extraordinary about a man totally engaging himself with and being responsible for his child. It's as if single dads should receive the Nobel Peace Prize for doing what they ought to be doing anyway.
The best way to counteract these negative paradigms is to start support parents equally, regardless of gender. We should help make all parents heroes, and they should want to be heroes to their children.
But the fact remains, from most of the people I know, and I am sure statistics will support me on this, is that the majority of single parents are women and they are doing most of the hard work and sacrifice in bringing up our next generation. A deadbeat dads out number the deadbeat moms by over 90%. But that's JMO.
It’s a big challenge being a single Dad, too, although people tend to forget that many of them exist as well.
And you’re right it takes a lot of strength and resolve to get through for any single parent – that’s for sure.