My kids have a great dad. I don't really want them to have a stepfather, and I don't think they do, either.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You don't want your children to look at you like you are anything special other than their dad.
I have always wanted my children's dads to be involved in their lives. Not just the day-to-day aspect, but the emotional shifts that they go through, when little things pop up - they need to be included, absolutely, and for the children to feel that they are.
When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
I don't think anybody feels like they're a good parent. Or if people think they're good parents, they ought to think again.
I'm just constantly trying to be a good dad.
But I'm a great father. That's why I got custody.
I never had that wicked stepmother or evil stepfather thing at all. I'm very close to both step-parents and I consider them to be my parents, too.
I'm not a good father and they're not children any more; the eldest is in his fifties. My relationship with their mothers broke down and, because of what the law was, they went with their mothers and were imbued with their mothers' morality in life and they were not my people any more.
I don't have children that I've lost in a bitter custody dispute. But I see an enormous wound in kids due to a lack of their dads.
I'm their sole parent, and there is nothing more important than being the best father I can be.