anyway. there's a lot of families start their day with morning exercises no matter what the type of yeah or whether. you'll be watching 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 and. i can't remember the last time they were sick so our. 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 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 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. here in our farm that the courts strip the mother of her parental rights concerning these boys some time ago. she's always drinking. she's not my mother anymore. it's 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. love that. 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. lose them here come on. two thousand kilometers east of moscow in the city of your 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 single fathers 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 simply trying to get by with his adolescent daughter. who's already fourteen his youngest is ten with 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 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. 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 cranes. was. 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 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. he lives five hundred kilometers south of moscow in the city of course many people that know him. c'mere the largest one stop wait

a minute wait don't dance. it wastes only four to five. years and then 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 and for the next morning you. start here comes our little lena and i hold up alina how was school it was ok one margin is you get four out of five. what a good girl you are you know. 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 step 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 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. a woman has a responsibilities

a man has. to attend to both of them it was very difficult which very difficult. he might seem to keep. a father cannot substitute a mother it's simply impossible woman as a woman and the man is a man there's nothing to add to it. the boy is more caring more affectionate more delicate. by nature and we can do anything about it when you want him when you cook . him it's 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 used to climb this tower to see executions on the red square. conducting excursions around red square in. a hall be. 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. alexei raises three children alone living alongside of an eco in his apartment brothers. 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 can't. 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 try 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 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 christine 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 they have to do something you're very likely to get it doesn't fit all. plus you're under enormous strain. of . the some you would like spy enjoying the natural world together they visit the zoo. they weigh about thirty kilos liberate the train you know what you want to ride the train on. this is the african elephant not to be confused with the asian elephant african elephants have big ears asian ones have smaller. was. the first example 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 our children. this one. or two balloons please. call if we can with. some of. the

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thousand i thought of his children to a skating rink his eldest son is already a good skater he even has help t.j. i thank you. what's your step thank you stay here i use. your phone to 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 thanks come on come on her what was it is go do a quick stop her how good.

i knew she was 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 or even if she's lost all interest in the kids i last saw her half a year ago ask the dealer some remembers his mother but the younger doesn't look up and couldn't understand why she was trying to hug him i thanked him down you go also did you have fun. don't worry when you go up to. thank you thank you none of the people i know pity me this look at the 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. 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 alexander 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. the crew cab some more flour here when i steer it 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 flour. here's the milk. ok just a little bit of no. 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 a white older. crowd that's illegal and i come eat. of a group i know who's who when i hear their voices i learned to recognize them a long time ago well kircher. she wants to be a chef. leno wants to be a veterinarian regular 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. oh my some mothers are 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 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 were also a jar of mayonnaise and chocolate for the kids it's just. people help us and may god help them. will be in dire poverty were not for them. to 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 working man also build the 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 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 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 have got i don't want them to tell false hoods or make wild promises to shawn 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 people with disability 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 is that. 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 that i'd like to disclose to all fathers is this teaching children is a very interesting thing is the going to be. 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 like organizing a business or getting a promotion or something like that it's really fascinating to realize that you can foster something and show that consistency to. your version. i find it very important to make sure that kids have a broad view of the world this is about the u.s. should be afraid of reaching out to other people with different languages or in other countries. it's 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 the beta book in my opinion. the man woman relationship is built on others with perceptions 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 the 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 oh ok it was so quiet what did you want to ask 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 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 mom didn't want my children to share a home with another man and call him father. 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 muster to sites we'll find out later we'll decide that it's not all of the research do you really want me to leave my husband and child and return to your room with corinth. i see no reason for that to. you. carol.

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