donda r.t. dot com. there's a lot of families start their day with morning exercises no matter what the type of yeah or whether. as you said looking at the little village and what it was like here. we go out in the morning to walk and run winter a start of so we can go and scrub ourselves with snow. they haven't been ill in a i can't remember the last time they were sick. you know little. kids makes them different from their peers is the fact that they live with only one parent their father is single mothers are no longer an unusual phenomenon what

a father devoting himself to his children is a rare occurrence for many. however in russia there are thousands of single fathers just like romans are off. my meetings at the hotel with. me so that the table now boyce. no breakfast in this family can start without saying grace roman became a believer after a serious illness that left him has breath from death in tries to instill his faith in his children. we're going to do when i took the kids to my place i simply did not know what to do i was running around like a mad man i couldn't work twenty four hours at the parking lot. so i quit my job

and started looking for other means of income i took up all kinds of jobs that i came across. here in our farm that the courts strip the mother of her parental rights concerning these boys some time ago. she's always drinking and she's not my mother anymore. and she abandoned us when i took the kids she didn't do anything at all for six months she didn't call or ask after us. i spoke to her relatives about her reaction they told me she felt ok as she had more time to go out it would. be i'm lucky that. the children don't miss their mother but they want to have one in other words they don't miss a specific person in the mob want a mother figure on talk about the one who gave birth to them and abandoned them

they just want to have a mom. already knows what a good mother should be like. she should come to my brother and me and kiss goodbye . telling us stories and hugging us so we can fall asleep. come on. two thousand kilometers east of moscow in the city of you katherine a group of single fathers have formed their own club. they get together to discuss many important issues they want local authorities to give more support. it would be good to be able to speak at the government level and defend

our civil rights. problems however have no need for politics he is simply trying to get by with his adolescent daughter. who's already fourteen his youngest is ten over the most rebellious is twelve year old lisa. with the girls for the time being the main issue. that we see such families more and more often the most common reason is when a mother abandoned her family most frequently because of her anti-social behavior namely alcoholism. the second reason is sadly due to the mother's death. third which may seem quite surprising is the freedom women now have in terms of their career prospects. and.

grapple with important issues kids learn to make paper cranes. when the cranes or. the children rush into the street with. how legal release are balloons into the stuff together with our crazy that's. what he was saying. everyone sees the balloons fly off into the sky except for alexander pulls off he is completely blind when he told the single fathers club it was hard for me to believe him but first. they leave me everywhere here it's impossible for me to walk

on land how can i and so busy. alexander stories would be similar to thousands of other single fathers if not for his eyes. a few years ago his wife left for another family shortly before the divorce the man lost his eyesight in a car accident he stayed alone with his three young daughters. says here papa. first alexander's relatives helped him with the girls now he's learned to care for them by himself. to go to of lives five hundred kilometers south of moscow in the city of course many people that know him if you. come here the largest one stop wait

a minute wait don't dance. it wastes only four to five kilos from them yes we keep them for me so we can eat me while the kids are in school i go in concert grass. and they come home they first have a rest and then the also go and get some grass so there is enough in the evening for the next morning you. know start here comes our little lena my hold up alina i was school it was ok one margin is you get four out of five. what a good girl you are you know. i'm not but lena is he goes youngest daughter she's only nine years old in total going to go to have has ten children two girls and eight boys his oldest already have families and homes of their own party but from the moment you stepped through the front door it's obvious that a large family lives in this house. the younger children usually help their older sister in the kitchen to cook a dinner for such a big family takes

a lot of time and effort. but often tells us about mom now and says that she was kind and beautiful and that she helped people that mama loved us so. in two thousand and five for expecting the eleventh child. the pregnant woman was taken to a maternity hospital but suddenly the family was shattered with terrible news the mother had committed suicide at the clinic. i started drinking i didn't go to the funeral they buried her with me. then i stopped and i simply didn't know what to do. the woman has a responsibilities the man has. to attend to both of them

it was very. very difficult at the borscht. she might seem to keep. a father cannot substitute a mother it's simply impossible woman is a woman and the man is a man there's nothing to add to it because the border is more caring more affectionate more delicate. by nature and we can do anything about it when you want him when you cook. him very difficult for the children to live without their mother you know they need someone to kiss them. this is a favorite story told by. the ivan the terrible use to climb this tower to see

executions on the red square. conducting excursions around red square in. a hobby of. joining a group on red square. this isn't a place where people get executed but rather where decrees issued by the czar were not. true. alexei raises three children alone living alongside of an eco in his apartment brothers our children and. there's also a dog a cat and a turtle look at this different life animal since i was a little girl we always had a lot of cats at home when my mother worked at the pet store i often spent time there after school i love animals very much. and her two brothers lost their mother to cancer. you know you can't miss mommy bernie who was

raised by her mother. as for anton he remembers his mother and the older he gets the more he thinks about her future i can see it shows that when he sees his mom's picture he says it's mom and then asks why people die and the other day he asked me what's the purpose of life the boys are only six years old. alexei hired a nanny to help take care of the children she cooks for them and puts them to bed. but what if it's been two and a half years since right anymore what do you mean women think that men can't take care of their children they always want to show how to do it are they come up to us in the street and wipe their noses it gets on my nerves really do they think i can't do it myself. another thing is that people tell me all the time that they feel sorry for me well ok thank you for facing this one day you simply find yourself all alone well thank you and you understand the have to do something

you're very likely to get it doesn't fit all. plus you're under enormous stress. relax play and join the natural world together they visit the zoo. liberate the train no one because you want to ride the train. and this is the african elephant not to be confused with the asian elephant african elephants have big ears asian ones have smaller. one person look the child is climbing up there now it's a pickle mother would say what on earth are you doing climb down immediately the police and firefighters will arrive but

a father would say well it's good you're safe and sound it's good you haven't fallen down great and if a child falls down he will be happy. that's the main difference in the way men and women bring out children. this one. or two balloons police. will. see technology innovation believes developments from around russia we. covered.

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has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations are today. i. thank. i. was both his children to a very. good skater he even has help. i thank. thanks. i

i. thank you. and it's only a couple of weeks to learn how to skate decently. he doesn't slip turns and knows how to stop thanks come on come on. her good. thank you we have no contact with my ex-wife she's married to another man and given birth to a daughter she never calls us to do so she's lost all interest in the kids i saw her stuff a year ago the older son remembers his mother but the younger doesn't. understand why she was trying to hug him. thank. you also did you have fun. don't worry when you grow up.

none of the people i know pity me. thing extraordinary about my situation after all single mothers are quite common so there's nothing unusual about a single father the more so that men are stronger than women. for him and sons have persuaded him to take them to see their mother even though that's not an easy thing to do. is to arrange to get together in the near future. when you catherine brooke alexander the family is following its usual daily routine in the morning the head of the family and his older daughter go to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. although the father is blind he has no difficulty cooking meals

his daughter is by his side always ready to help. out some more flour here but i steer it sometimes it feels it's getting thicker on other occasions it's fair. if you feel resistance it means it's ready it's not just that flour. here's the milk. ok just a little bit of know. the truth sometimes i can see a glimmer of light but i don't see any lights most of the time but with the situation doesn't happen much i rather worry about the kids i want them to grow up to become decent people more room or more they also asked me questions about their mother i said without mincing words your mother does not need them she abandoned you and found another man that's all i told them. that's illegal and i come eat. of a group of oh i know who's who when i hear their voices i learned to recognise them a long time ago. well quarter horse of touchy wants to be

a chef. for leno wants to be a veterinarian everything will be good remarkable liza is still in two months she wants to be either a cook or a singer. which will see how to work out. some others and just not worth mentioning at all. hours wanted to send us to an orphanage of all places but our father took us away from her. i'd say fathers are more concerned about their children. all the. i feel happy because i have to go it's a joy to know that they're with me they help me to show how the innocence found in children they are michael jordan. before dawn breaks father of ten you go to their heads to the market place and

course he takes care not to stock up on too much food even though he has so many children. i know for a fact that the kids will snatch up the best bits and leave the rest to rot then i'll have to give the leftovers to the dogs i don't want that sort of thing happening buying too much food is a bad idea. the market vendors are all familiar with eagle they know he has many children and offer him good discounts. i'd like some of those sausages the high girls hello how many do you want able do not many today. is also a jar of mayonnaise and chocolate for the kids it's just. for high people help us and may god help them. will be in dire poverty were not for them. it was like hello. when my wife died a moscow businessman bought

a car for us. the outhouse has been built by a wealthy man from course i don't even know his name. but here from work a man also built a hole in the large bathroom a shower will be made later the toilet is in order and the floor is heated i've got no idea who that wealthy man is. i also like to have the other floor put in order to make more room for the kids for the time being the place is a bit crowded. on the new york. the kids remember their mother pictures of her are all over the place. i simply can't afford to let another woman live here i haven't asked the kids about their attitude never even occurs to me that i might share this home with another woman i want i want the previous because i want the children to grow up to become decent people i

don't want anything artificial about them. i don't want them to cheat but to be honest in adult life the way they are now when i don't want them to tell false hoods or make wild promises sean you're doing more. becomes a playground for his kids and he's not particularly strict with them on such occasions he can devote his full attention to the children. and i'm firmly convinced that it's no use trying to shape your children the way they like most people don't be like you when they grow up therefore you'd better educate yourself that's my favorite saying. i've seen any number of parents devoting so much time and effort to raising their children in reality though the children simply mimic their parents

. thoughts but if a child communicates with gentle people who are themselves outstanding individuals and the child will be like them. that they can use a great secret i'd like to disclose to all fathers is this teaching children is a very interesting thing but which are especially if you achieve some results like if the child learns to read or write or imitate something that you do. as the bank you are to almost but it's over a year or it's like organizing a business or getting a promotion or something like that it's really fascinating to realise that you can foster something and show that. your version. i find a very important to make sure that kids have a grog view of the world is the bible you should be afraid of reaching out to other people with different languages or in other countries. if my little son is trying

to climb up a hill knowing full well he'd never make it and yet he keeps trying and reaches the top this is like going to paris it's like seeing the world from in a different light. whether men should allow a woman to live with the kids simply because they need a mother by their side is debatable in my opinion. the man woman relationship is built on other with perception we're going to put it plainly supposing i allow that woman to be with her kids they will grow up and go their separate ways but i'll have to stay on with that woman too i need that. very many children have grown up without the care of fathers and mothers but they're none the worse for that or. if. you remember sort of children i've come to see their mother who left them had their father a long time ago. she's brought along her daughter from her new

marriage. do you go to school yes. you've brought up to be quite big. how are you doing yeah. how's life ok why are so quiet what did you want to ask you how are you know we're good. how are you i am ok your ears are frozen i hope one day i said he was all smart boy. some people break up because of a clash of characters with us it was just that our temperaments may have been too much of the match. we were never given to each other. sometimes at night. i wake up and i start to cry because i remember you. you need to ask your

father to call me and have him bring you over to me. the mom didn't want my children to share a home with another man and call him father. were most that's one of the reasons. at first it really pain me to know that they were going to be not with me but with him. but now not so much. who are the kids are better off with a man than with me it's really important that a man raises boys. when are you going to come to us again. to visit or to live with us to live. well i don't know about that. it's not up to us to decides we'll find out later we'll decide but it's not all those of us are do you really want me to leave my husband and

child and return to you. from work and i see no reason for that near to. you. brooke.

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