ארכיון עבור June, 2005

The Challenge of Postdivorce Fatherhood

Whether the decision to divorce was made by the man or by the woman, the most painful part of the end of the marriage, for fathers, is often what appears to be the “loss” of the children. Particularly when the children are young, the likely outcome of divorce is that the children will remain with their mother and the father will become a “non-residential father”. Usually, children spend alternate weekends with their father and one or two afternoons during the week – quite a change from spending time together on a daily basis.

For men who were not very involved in raising their children during the marriage and saw them mainly over the weekend, the post-divorce situation will not be a significant change. In fact, it often occurs that after divorce, many fathers spend more time with their children than before the divorce, as they realize that they have to invest in building and sustaining a relationship with their children. להמשך »

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