Deliberate fatherlessness = child abuse
As usual, LaShawn Barber touches an important topic with insight and delicacy.
Over the years, through what I’ve seen with my own eyes and heard from others, I’ve come to believe that deliberately depriving a child of a father is a form of child abuse.
Fatherlessness As Child Abuse? posted today
My father was present, actively engaged, and he loved me throughout my childhood. I am blessed that both he an my mother still are alive and married to each other. But I have seen far too many examples of the tragedy of fatherlessness, examples that validate LaShawn’s conclusions.
As a leader of a “families with young children” LIFE Group at our church, I try to reinforce the truth that fathers bear the primary responsibility for preventing or correcting the “no father = child abuse” problem. Christian fathers must lead by example as much as possible, and teach the children - especially the boys - how to stand against the destructive currents of our time, to become the fathers and husbands that God calls us to be. Thank you LaShawn for contributing to the solution by highlighting the truth. ( I left that comment but don’t know if it will be published.)
I fully agree with what she wrote. Check it out.