HOW DO U RATE THE RELATIONSHIP OF YOUR ONLY SON WITH HIS FATHER?

Tshego - posted on 12/09/2010

My son and his daddy adore each other so much that im always asking him to sepend more time with his son. He is always laughing and follows him around the house not wanting him out of his sight. i really love spending time with them because i enjoy their bond, they play together, hios daddy pushing him on the bike, pushes him on the swing, helps him colour, reads to him. They are just wonderful. my son is 16months old. I feel so blessed to have a man who loves his son like that.

Jackie - posted on 12/08/2010

well, my sons father lives 8 hours away, however, my son talks to him daily on msn, and yet only seees him maybe twice a year, which makes the visit that much more special. they are very close, considering they chat every day

Diana - posted on 11/26/2010

My son and I are very close, hes 15yrs old. His real father has never been there for him, He knows who his father is but doesnt want nothing to do with him because hes never been there. He lived about 10houses down from us when my son was 4yrs old, and the father would walk past him and not say a word or look at him. So my son remembers thatand doesnt want anything to do with him. Ive raised my son on my own , so were close and hes very much spoiled.

Amanda - posted on 11/22/2010

my 5 year old adores his mommy! We are very very close. He loves to do things with his dad too! He likes to do all the boy stuff with dad. He is getting a stronger bond with his dad.

Melinda - posted on 11/20/2010

My son and his dad do not have a close relationship and sadly they never have. I have never understood why and it worried me a great deal when my son was young and it still does even though my son will be 21 this month. I truly believe that it is important for children to have a close loving relationship with both parents. My son's dad and I divorced when my son was a baby. My son lived with me while he was growing up. My son's dad and I live in different towns about an hour apart so it was difficult for my son and his dad to get together during the week due to school and work. I wanted my son and his dad to have a loving close relationship. I tried very hard to get my son to spend time with his dad. However, it was a constant battle to get my son to agree to visit his dad or to even spend time with him. Neither I nor my son's dad remarried.....so the problem was not due to problems with a step mom, etc. When my son turned 12... he refused to go visit his dad which caused the gap between them to grow even wider. Looking back I realize that the main reason that my son did not want to spend time with his dad was because he missed spending time with his friends while he was gone to his dad's.My ex husband is a good father and has tried very hard to be close to our son especially as our son grew older. He always attended our son's ball games, called and talked with our son on a regular basis, invited my son to go on trips with him and made every effort to be a part of our son's life. I know without a doubt that my son loves his dad and vice versa so I do not understand why they have such a distant relationship. My ex husband is a good person and a good father. He and I have always been very close. We worked together to raise our son even though we lived apart. I consider my son's dad to be one of my best friends and even though our son is grown we stay in touch and talk frequently. Since my son doesn't call his dad, I keep him updated on what is going on in our son's life. I hope and pray that someday my son and his dad will have a close loving relationship.

MaryEllen - posted on 11/17/2010

I was the one at home with ds, so we were a lot closer than he was with his dad, but they had a good relationship. My husband's family was a bit put off by our closeness, but that's because his family didn't "raise" their kids - the parents provided a roof and food, but the kids were unsupervised from daybreak to dark. MY parents were strict, hands-on, always-aware-of-where-we-were and who we were with....and that's how my husband & I chose to raise our kids. It has worked well for our son. He's a 25yo, self supporting adult.

Angel - posted on 11/17/2010

My son is 8 year he loves daddy.

Sapphire - posted on 11/13/2010

My 5 1/2 year old son ADORES his daddy and my husband is such an amazing father! I would rate their relationship as excellent, 10+. I admit that there are times when I am the jealous one when my son prefers Daddy over Mommy.

Becky - posted on 11/12/2010

Our son is 24 years old now. He and I were always much closer as I was home more but his relationship with his Dad was always good and in the last few years they are much closer. He knows we both love him and we have never played him against the other parent so that has helped. Let it develop naturally. Make sure his father allows time for him one and one.

Ashlee - posted on 11/08/2010

Well, my son loves my husband but my husband is the one who has the problem. He is kind of standoffish when it comes to his parenting, and with his work schedule and his stuff he volunteers for he isn't home much. So the relationship is rough but not because of my son, because of my husband. Obviously my husband loves our son, but I wish he would be more hands on!