Poisonous parenting wars

A 1,000-word article can never do justice to the complex and emotionally charged subject that is any family break-up.  Last June, to mark Father's Day, I wrote a piece about absent fathers that I knew would be provocative. Although I made it clear that I wasn't calling all fathers rotten apples, many still felt that my contribution was flippant and an insult to present (as opposed to absent) fathers. And yet, I'm unrepentant: the article was never about them. I was at the time far more anxious about upsetting fathers whose absence in their children's lives had been scripted by estranged... This article is part of our premium content. Full story is available on Times of Malta Premium.

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