Quote

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.

My dad works in child protection and he's spent many, many years in that line of work.

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.

Those who have gone through a divorce know the pain and special challenges of raising a child under such circumstances.

It's one thing to support your kid, but if you have an interest in what your child is doing, it makes it a whole lot easier.

Studies show that children of divorced parents can have outcomes as positive as those coming from intact homes, provided the father remains financially supportive and active in his children's lives.

Divorced men are more likely to meet their car payments than their child support obligations.

I don't know what it feels like not to have a great family support system - I was lucky to have that.

Most moms and dads, they want to be good moms and dads. But it's an incredibly hard job when you are stressed out, when you are poor, when your life is in chaos. And giving them some of the tools to be better parents, to whittle away at that parenting gap, gives those kids a much better starting point in life.

Anyone who loses a parent, you have to find those parts of yourself that your parent held true in themselves, especially if they're supportive parents.