[summer]

Re your post #97 -- They had no example of what a husband should be.

I have seen almost every example you can think of over the years and have had to deal with them too.

There is also an absentee father problem that exists at the OTHER end of the economic spectrum, as you both may realize.

I know someone in a very wealthy neighborhood, and he and his wife go to every PTO meeting at their kids' public school. (A lot of rich people send their kids to public schools in this particular suburban area.)

And, he was telling me how shocked he was to see so few fathers ever attend these PTO meetings or go to any other school functions, as he goes to all of them. And, he a very busy financial hot shot; however, he makes the time for his kids in this way and other ways. Not all upper class, working fathers do that.

[summer]

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[moog]

And, he was telling me how shocked he was to see so few fathers ever attend these PTO meetings or go to any other school functions, as he goes to all of them. And, he a very busy financial hot shot; however, he makes the time for his kids in this way and other ways. Not all upper class, working fathers do that.

Yes, there are few husbands who do. And sometimes in my neighborhood, there are some who have to work a little extra so that mom can stay home. There are different ways that dads do make time for kids. Not all can be there all the time (as was the case with my dad at different times), but if they make the most of the time they have with their kids, then that is what makes them admirable to me. If you want to solve some problems, become a good father.

[Marysecretary]

That's true. Parents often think money and a boarding school is the answer to having kids. Rich kids get into drugs, drinking, illicit sex, etc. just like anyone else. Look at the van der sloot snot in Aruba. His DAD was taking this 17-year old boy out gambling all hours of the night. Joran needs a father, not a buddy.