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Men who hate their fathers
Submitted by community on Thu, 07/05/2009 - 9:06pm
The correlation between social problems and lack of fatherly affection has been established time and time again. Being a loving dad is not only crucial for your family, but dictates the future course of our country. Dads, you matter - to everyone. To find out how much fathers really do matter to our country - read this. Huddle up and ask your family tonight: What can we do to reach out to a child who does not have a father in his/her life? Posted with permission from www.allprodad.com  
  
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According to counselor Bill Glass, who has spent 25 years with men who are incarcerated, not one of the thousands of prisoners he has met has genuinely loved his dad. And Dave Simmons, author of Dad, the Family Counselor, conducted a study that said over 90% of men on death row hated their father.
My father was very abusive
My father was very abusive (both physically and emotionally)growing up. I remember hating him for years. Now that I'm almost 50, I can understand that he was a very unhappy individual and did the best he could. It took me many years to get to this point of understanding and forgive him. I now have a good relationship with him.
Man, that's frightening.
Man, that's frightening. I've seen similar figures for Australia where boys without a significant father relationship are 10 times likely to commit violent crime and 14 times more likely to rape, etc etc.
What good are Dads? We are vital to the health of the next generation.
Great huddle question. Will broach it and be interested to see what my boys say...
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