Why I Tell my Kids their Dad Doesn’t Love Them

They deserve the truth.

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My kids are now young adults. I didn’t blast them with a quick, harsh statement that he doesn’t love them. They know at various levels what they observed and felt. But we came to a defining point during a conversation. My daughter and I have deep discussions, the kind in which we unearth and discover new understanding about our experiences. Their male parental…