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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 463540" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>OMG!! Someone should clue this thoughtless woman in that not every kid has Ozzie and Harriet or Ward and June at home! Some of these things would probably have been OK a few decades ago but certainly not now. There are so many kids whose circumstances are "complicated". Some of these things are done with the best of intentions but can be very hurtful to some of the kids.</p><p></p><p>This is exactly how my son became the stand-in "father" of his (female) former roommates' eight year old son! The roommate has been divorced from the boys' father since he was a baby. He's a drug dealer who spends as much time in jail as he does out of it. He never pays child support, has only supervised visitation with the little boy, and very rarely sees him. So his school came up with this thing they called "Daddies and Donuts" where all the fathers are supposed to take off work (yeah, right!) to go to the school and have this gathering with the kids. And this is in a school where a third to half of the kids come from single parent families! And when the other kids are standing up and introducing their daddies who are policemen or salesmen, is this kid supposed to say, "This is my daddy, the drug dealer"? So he asked my son to go with him, and he did, and they had a great time! But he was probably not the only child who was put in a very difficult position. They just need to think a little bit before they come up with this stuff!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 463540, member: 1883"] OMG!! Someone should clue this thoughtless woman in that not every kid has Ozzie and Harriet or Ward and June at home! Some of these things would probably have been OK a few decades ago but certainly not now. There are so many kids whose circumstances are "complicated". Some of these things are done with the best of intentions but can be very hurtful to some of the kids. This is exactly how my son became the stand-in "father" of his (female) former roommates' eight year old son! The roommate has been divorced from the boys' father since he was a baby. He's a drug dealer who spends as much time in jail as he does out of it. He never pays child support, has only supervised visitation with the little boy, and very rarely sees him. So his school came up with this thing they called "Daddies and Donuts" where all the fathers are supposed to take off work (yeah, right!) to go to the school and have this gathering with the kids. And this is in a school where a third to half of the kids come from single parent families! And when the other kids are standing up and introducing their daddies who are policemen or salesmen, is this kid supposed to say, "This is my daddy, the drug dealer"? So he asked my son to go with him, and he did, and they had a great time! But he was probably not the only child who was put in a very difficult position. They just need to think a little bit before they come up with this stuff! [/QUOTE]
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