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15 Teenagers Get Real About Growing Up With Deadbeat Dads
Unfortunately, not everyone is blessed enough to have two loving parents in their life. For reasons that is no fault of their own, some children grow up without a father because he's too selfish to want anything to do with his kids. Without a strong father-figure in their life, some kids look elsewhere to for a role model or have a strong mother who plays the roles of both mom and dad. Even though these children survived their fatherless upbringing, seeing others interact with their own fathers lovingly brings up a jealousy that is hard to ignore.

Be careful what you wish for.

1
Just told my deadbeat dad to grow up or leave. 

He chose the latter.

From:
Parkhurst, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Regional, Queensland, AU

Someone out there loves you.

2
My boyfriend has a deadbeat father and started crying when my dad hugged him and called him "son." My dad, the man who threatens any man within a mile of me. I was speechless.

From:
Somewhere

We go through great lengths to protect the ones we love.

3
My little brother keeps calling me Mommy.. His mom is hardly there and our dad is a deadbeat. So I got a lawyer and I petitioned to the court for sole custody of him.

From:
Pflugerville

It can be therapeutic to write out your feelings.

4
Dear Deadbeat Dad,

When your daughter chooses to spend Father's day with her stepdad instead of you perhaps guilting her for it shows where the real problem is...

From:
Ottawa, Ontario, CA

We do whatever we can to help our family.

5
When I was 16, I gave my mom my pay checks because my dad was a deadbeat and I wanted better for my brother.

From:
Springdale, Pennsylvania, US

When you find out the reason for your issues...

6
I have a deadbeat dad and it has affected every relationship that I've ever had.

From:
New York, New York, US

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