But there is more tothe story than just men runing away from responsibility.
In a society such as ours, where a woman can, and usually does gain control of hte children if there is a divorce, it is difficult for many men to feel like they have a part in the family. Often times men leave because the women are nasty. Often allmen hear are, “you’lol never see your kids again”, when an arguement breaks out. And that is often supported by the courts who do not give men equal standing in a custody case, but still want them to…”step up”…and pay. Men in resonse fell like it would be stupid to invest years and cash into something someone else can rip away, if she finds a man in another stae she would rather be with. Or they feel it is a wate of time to have to continue dwelling with a owman who is on a pwoer trip and has the full support of the law, regardless of how nasty she acts. And with that, when divorced, she often refuses to say anything positive about the father even if he is an ok guy. So in rewturn he feels it would be better if he exited the scene, rather than causes the child to endure those attacks. Compound that by the fact that when he does get tosee the child, the youngster has already heard so much negativity about hte man form the scronful mother, he sees no way of ever developing a real relationship wiht the baby.

So while it is easy to point at men and say…’dead beat”..It usually has a very ugly spirited women in the mix somewhere.

Way too often of a situation. And although I’m excited that I feel the message being sent, I’m also saddened that this is a reality. As much as I hope that the subject of the photograph is sitting on the stoop looking anxious waiting for Mr. Softy, or is downstairs awaiting his punishment from his mom and dad for playing a joke on his sister…..that is probably not the case…

Kudos for the awareness!