“回收”爸爸

时间：2021-03-20 08:04:08　来源：雅意学习网本文已影响人

　　Growing up in the early seventies， divorce had yet to take its death grip on the nuclear family. The only child from a “broken home” that I had ever encountered in my entire elementary school education was an interesting oddity to me. My classmates seemed frightened by her， as if they might catch her condition. I had already lost my father to death， so divorce seemed irrelevant. He had been gone since I was four， and although I occasionally plotted to 1）ensnare 2）Hey Fonda as his successor， my Mom and I seemed to manage adequately on our own.
　　In light of my rather benign feelings on fathers and divorce， I was surprised to find that as the years progressed， I had unknowingly formulated a garish stereotype of the divorced father in my 3）subconscious. I clearly envisioned him strolling around his 4）affluent 5）digs， sporting a smoking jacket， sipping martinis. His two main objectives were avoiding 6）alimony payments and keeping his children out of his perfectly 7）coifed hair. I never once considered that this 8）caricature might have any paternal feelings or rights.
　　By the time I was in my mid-twenties， these scoundrels were fast becoming my co-workers and peers. This exposure forced me to rethink my misguided notions and try to look at the topic more objectively. Upon closer examination， I was startled to find that many of these men were truly wonderful fathers who suffered great anguish as a result of being unwillingly separated from their children. I had never 9）pondered the devastating consequences of losing the right to live with your offspring. Missing out on the 10）milestones of your child’s life， as well as day to day living， leaves you feeling more like a visitor than a parent.
　　Despite popular opinion， a failed relationship does not necessarily translate into being a bad parent. Men seem to be punished for the breakup of a family. It is often in everyone’s best interest for an unworkable marriage to be dissolved， but that does not mean that the importance of either parent should ever be diminished.
　　I attributed much of my new found enlightenment to a man whom I had met through a mutual friend.

　　He had recently endured a 11）grueling divorce which had virtually 12）stripped him of his fatherhood. Family court had left him with a visitation schedule， a payment schedule， and a parent’s broken heart. Nevertheless， he was 13）relentless in his love. He spent every possible moment afforded to him， caring for and loving his daughter， often at the expense of his own comfort. He turned down everything， from 14）overtime to entertainment， that might interrupt one moment of his time with his child.

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