Sad Dad Poem by Mathias Sager

For my daughter, all children who miss their fathers, and all sad dads suffering from the socially perpetuated uncritical assumption that mothers are naturally and socially predestined to be the (sole) caregivers for a couple's children, which doesn't base on scientific findings. Although a family's benefit from paternal involvement in child rearing has been demonstrated, "maternal gate-keeping" has persisted to be a controlling practice by mothers hindering the participation of the children's fathers.