“I came to understand that the hole a man leaves when he abandons his responsibility to his children is one that no government can fill.”
He has the good fortune to have a faithful wife who allows him to see his children today, while a quarter of fathers do not, and he smugly condemns us all as dead-beat dads because of his own father.
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Hi. I’m Matt. My daughter was born in January 2008 – I first met her when she was 3 days old and fell completely in love with her.
As things are now I haven’t seen her since April 2008 and at the time of writing haven’t heard anything from the mother since May. I don’t even know what country they’re in.
I decided to do my website to tell the truth about my situation and to show how easily a father can be shut out of his child’s life…
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EPA candidate Keith Collett, relishing the campaign outside Runnymede Civic Centre.
It was on Runnymede’s meadow that English democracy began in 1215 with the signing of Magna Carta. What better place to try to restore some decent principles to English politics.
Keith has delivered leaflets to around half the electors now, talking to many people on their doorstep as he does so, asking, among other things, whether local people intend to turn out to vote on 4th June, given the Westminster expenses scandals which form a backdrop to this campaign.
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Kenya’s Daily Nation reports that 1.5m men are victims of domestic violence:
“Men stay in abusive and violent relationships to protect their children afraid that if they left they will never be allowed to see their children again. The man is afraid the woman will influence the children badly by misleading them that he is a bad person or that he doesn’t love them.” The group called for active advocacy to fight domestic violence against men.

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By BENJAMIN MUINDI Posted Sunday, May 24 2009 at 13:18
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Why some non resident fathers are pushed over the edge.
If you look up Abused Father Syndrome in any sociology or psychology textbook, you won’t find it, so what is it we are talking about? Could there be such a psychological condition recognised in the future that could be used as a defence or partial defence in the law of provocation?
Abused Father Syndrome (AFS) arises when the victim has been a long and constant sufferer of Domestic Violence (DV) perpetrated by his children’s mother and/or the maternal family over many years. …