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Father’s Day without a dad…

Any special tips for getting a kid (8) through Father’s Day without a dad?

My kiddo has been a little sad this week because they’ve been making cards at school for dads and she hasn’t got one. I’m worried about how she’ll be tomorrow and I’m expecting it to be hard for her 😔😔😔😔😔

(She’s actually my baby sister who I adopted, we have different dads and hers has been absent since long before she was born, so she’s never met him)

I would ignore the whole day but we’ll be doing something for my dad. She adores him but he’s much more like a grandpa to her than anything else. She made her card at school for him, and we bought him a present from her but she for sure still notices that it’s very different from him being her dad.

She has asked me like 3 times this week where her dad is… and I have just had to say I don’t know. Because I have no idea 🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁
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4meAndyou · F
Fathers who just walk out on their kids suck. I can understand if they never want to see the mother again, but it demonstrates a lack of caring and humanity that I abhor for them to do the same to their own children.

I think you should have a talk with her about all the "fathers" she will meet in her life. Respected teachers and professors, for example. Men whom she admires because they have wonderful qualities of kindness and caring for lots of different people around them.
Raffiki · 22-25, F
@4meAndyou Yeah, he really sucks. I always worry that he could just appear out of nowhere and want her. I don’t know how anyone can live their life knowing they have a child out there and not wanting to know anything about her.

That is a great idea ❤️ Good male role models can be found elsewhere :)
4meAndyou · F
@Raffiki I have read stories of fatherless children contacting sports figures and famous people, and inviting them to father/daughter or father/son events at school.