As many conventionally unhappy parents did in the 1950s, my parents stayed together for the sake of the children—they divorced after my youngest brother left home for college.
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What Fatherhood Around the World Really Looks Like
By Gary Barker — 2015
Too often, we ignore how much fathers matter to children.
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