well. you. know if you want to sleep 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 and. i can't remember the last time they were sick. you know little. ordinary cheerful 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. us. so that the table now boys. 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 tries to instill his faith in his children. when i took the kids to my place i simply did not know what to do i was running around like a madman 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. that the course stripped the mother of her parental rights concerning these boys some time ago. she's always drinking. she is 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 she had more time to go out it would ring which was thought or i am 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 from whom the mob want a mother figure on talk of not the one who gave birth to them and abandoned them they just want to have a mum. 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 and you can.

crews come here come on. two thousand kilometers east of moscow in the city of. 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 his twelve year old lisa. the girls for the time being the main issue. has calmed down.

the search families more and more often the most common reason is when a mother abandons 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. of. the fathers grapple with important issues kids learn to make paper cranes. when the cranes are tied to the children rushing to the street with their. how legal release are balloons into the stuff together with our crazy. cat lady

gaga. 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 that. they need 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. had first alexander's relatives helped him but the girls now he's learned to care

for them by himself. eager to go to have 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 given to us 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 march does you get four out of five.

what a good girl you are you know. 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 the gregorio were 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. when one has a responsibilities the man has. a sudden i had to attend to both of them it was very difficult which very difficult at the borscht thank. you marcin 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 when you cook. it it's very difficult for the children to live without their mother you know they need someone to kill them. this is the 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 moscow is more a hobby than a. joining of like says to a group on red square. this isn't a place where people get executed but rather where decrees issued by the czar were not. 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 a 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 call. me small me 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 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 her death 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 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 fed you and you understand they have to do something you're very likely to get it doesn't fit all. plus you're under enormous stress. the sun relax plan joins the natural world together they visit the zoo. they weigh about thirty kilos liberate the train no one you want to ride the train

on. and this is the african elephant not to be confused with the asian elephant the african elephants have big ears asian ones have smaller. one point six 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 he's alive that's the main difference in the way men and women bring up children. this one. or two balloons please.

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your step. you stay here india. has been. because we are fond of skating and it took the older one only a couple of weeks to learn how to skate decently. he doesn't slip he can make turns and knows how to stop. come on come on that was it. good job. i. mean sure we have no contact with my ex-wife she's married to another man and has already given birth to a daughter she never calls us she's lost all interest in the kids. but we last saw her half a year ago mr miller some remembers his mother but the younger doesn't. understand why she was trying to hunt him. down hugo

also did you have fun. don't worry when you go up to. thank. none of the people i know pity me this look at they see nothing 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. sons have persuaded him to take them to see their mother even though that's not an easy thing to do. to arrange to get together in the near future. family is following its usual daily routine in the morning the head of the family and his elder daughter go to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. while the father is

blind he has no difficulty cooking meals his daughter is by his side always ready to help. her. sometimes it feels it's getting thicker on other occasions it's. if you feel resistance it means it's ready it's not just that flower. here's the milk. ok just a little bit of no. particular group 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 you she abandoned you and found another man that's all i told him. christ that's illegal and i come eat. roof i know who's who when i hear their voices i learned to recognise them

a long time ago well kircher. she wants to be a chef. for leno wants to be a veterinarian everything will be good remarkable liza is still in two minds she wants to be either a cook or a singer. we shall see how we 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. 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 my children.

before dawn breaks father of ten you go to their heads to the marketplace 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 they will do now that many today. is also a jar of mayonnaise and chocolate for the kids it's just. people help us and may god help them yes you 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 for the work a man also built a hole in the large bathroom the 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'd 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 this from the new york. the kids remember their mother pictures of her 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 to want to 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 you know i don't want them to tell false hoods or make wild promises to sean you're doing more. alexei some units of support london mosque 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 would like. 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 then the child will be like them. that the king is a great secret i'd like to disclose to all fathers is this teaching children is a very interesting thing is there going to be a chance of what you're 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 put us over here or that it's just 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. of. i find it 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 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 through september 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 the two i need that lost both 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. you go to school yes. you've brought up to be quite big. how are you doing yeah. how's life ok it was so quiet what did you want to ask her 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 where we were we were never given to each other. sometimes at night. i wake up and i start to cry because i remember

you. like. you need to ask your father to call me and have him bring you over to me. and a man didn't want my children to share a home with another man and call him father. well that's one of the reasons. at first it really became 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 decide we'll find out later we'll decide

but it's not. do you really want me to leave my husband and child and return to you . i see no reason for that to. you. carol.

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