(((MowtownJohnny))),

It was brave of you to open up and talk about that here. Your father was a stupid jerk and proved he had no knowledge about correctly raising a child. He was a bully towards you and had no business fathering any child. Unfortunately there are many people out in this world that are stupid and should not be parents. And unfortunately there has been so little education to none on raising children and as a result we have people parenting that have no parenting skills and often just bully, yell at, and hit their children. It is not unusual for a father to fail to even stick around and actually "be a father" to a child. Often men feel helpless when they have to interact or deal with their children and turn to too much discipline thinking that is the answer.

Not all men are like your father Mowtown, there are men out there that struggle like you do too. There are many men that tend to go it alone and are at a loss when it comes to making male friends too. It is not unusual for men to get together in alcoholism and that is all that seems to "keep them together" really.

You would be a much better father then your father was, you know more about how it hurts when all a father does is "belittle and bully" his son. It doesn't have to be that way either, but society doesn't invest in making sure parents actually "know" how to be parents.

(((Caring Hugs))))
OE