Was anyone here raised by a single dad?

United States
July 13, 2008 5:07pm CST
I was just reading another (unrelated) discussion, and I thought it would be interesting to see if anyone else was raised by a single father. I am the only one of my friends whose father successfully applied for and received custody of his kids, and at the time of the separation that was pretty much unheard of. Even though he was the clear choice for custody, he was denied, and had to give up the house and huge alimony payments for my mother to release custody. Has any father here ever tried for custody? Or does anyone here know a single father? Or does anybody think that custody should always be granted to the mother? If so, why? This subject has always been a great interest to me (for obvious reasons!) so I look forward to any responses!
2 responses
babystar1
@babystar1 (4233)
• United States
14 Jul 08
My two sons are raising there own children all by themselves and are doing a real good job of it. My one son raised his three boys when was 1 year old and the twin boys were just small babies. Now the boys are 15 and 16 years old. My other son raised his kids a boy that was 4 years old a a girl that was 2 years old and now his kids are 10 and 8. both of my sons have full custody of there kids. I do not think that a mother is always the good choice for raising there kids esp if they cheated on there husband and never home to take care of the kids.
soooobored
@soooobored (1184)
• United States
14 Jul 08
Wow, that's incredible! You must have done a great job raising your sons! I agree that the mother isn't always the best choice, I think that custody disputes tend to favor the mother a lot of times unfairly. It seems to take a lot more for a mother to be disqualified as the better choice. Thanks!
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babystar1
@babystar1 (4233)
• United States
10 Oct 08
thanks for best response.
Debs_place
@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
14 Jul 08
My husband raised his boys as a single Dad. Mom had substance abuse problems among other things and her kids were not a priority. They stayed with her on a regular basis but she was not the primary care giver.