This is the painful truth in our country: One dad's letter about the lack of support men get has resonated with many fathers across SA

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'This is the painful truth in our country': One dad's letter about the lack of support men get has resonated with many fathers across SA | Parent24

and shedding a light on the many struggles of single dads in South Africa. “The story of this single mom is awesome,” he wrote, referring to a previous story of ours, but “there is sometimes a story from a father’s perspective that needs to be understood.”“I have found so many dads trying to get to their kids, wanting to support the kids, trying to be part of their lives... however the legal system seems to be biased.

“The first bias is when the formula, these so-called plans, act as though it’s the first time I am meeting my kid even though I changed her nappies for the first 2 years of her life, I woke her up every morning at 6 and fed her, I fetched her every day from crèche... now I'm a stranger and have to have supervised visitation? Only I don't even get the supervised visitation and haven't for the past 5 years effectively making me a stranger to my daughter.

“The woman is jealous of the new lady in his life”, “he did not pay damages”, “he does not pay maintenance” – these were just a few reasons that many brought up. But one reader commented that ultimately, and despite the issues plaguing South Africa, “parents have a responsibility to parent.” "Parents have a responsibility to parent; emotionally, physically and financially. We have broken people becoming parents and then expect to be whole parents.

 

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