Today's instalment is the saddest

How his many attempts at business failed.
http://www.nation.co.ke/.../-/g1ec74z/-/index.html

Single women who deny their kids father figures should be whipped! This are some of the repercussions...

Nelson Mandela,George Washington,Thomas Jefferson,Barrack Obama,Lance Armstrong,Pierce Brosnan and many others were also raised by a single mom.

Clinton=Henry Oren "Buddy" Grisham
Mandela=David Dalindyebo
Obama's mother remarried
etc

FATHER FIGURE is not the same as Father, even the spelling is different! I shudder when I meet bitter single women who feel that they can have a go at a child alone, shielding him or her from any male influence. A Father figure is very very VERY important to the rounded well being of a child; into adulthood, any person who feels otherwise should also be whipped!

Yes, you've picked on a few examples... but what about the majority of people from broken families, dead or languishing in prison or poverty? Some of whom have issues with the mistakes of their mothers and have no one else to 'talk' to?

When Wanjiru died, how many men claimed to be his father? What does it tell you about the mother? A Father figure would have proudly come out and said, tho' he did not 'land', he's proud to have advised him. Muliona mtu kama huyo?

And Yes! @essyk... Choose your wives wisely. 'Love' is an end product of hard work, don't be fooled by Hollywood. An addict of 'soaps' hata siwes karibia!

, I very much love your example.
(see if i type ur name a smiley happens.)ish

People like blaming the wrong things.
I can chose to blame my dad or mum anyhow fro any minor mistake in my life,but c'mmon I became a grownup and had to choose the right course for my life.
If you want to blame something/somebody you will always find it.

I rem Dr, Phil advicing couples in abusive marriages which were hurting the kids.
Infact the kids had become exactly like the parents.Very violent towards each other,bro againts bro sis against sis,it was war!rebellious,so full of anger and bitterness.
And all that caused by mother and father.nkt.

Phil told them that kids brought up in abusive homes turn out worse than those brought up in peaceful homes by single parents.
I don't know how it feels like to grow up in abusive environment but the few cases I have seen/heard? I think I would rather sleep outside under a tree.


Ahaa now please tell me.
Must a Father or Mother figure to the child be in a romantic relationship with the real parent?
Do Uncles,Aunties,bros -in law,gukas,cucus qualify to be Father/Mother figures?
Can you for instance be a Father figure to a child?
Cz I can be a mother figure without necessarily having to be involved with the man.
As in it's the welfare of the child that matters.

I don't know which is better.To get involved with Onyango,Njoro and Korir etc in search of a 'father figure' for a child or just bringing them up yourself.

I personally don't believe in these wild exposures as it messes up and confuses the kid more.
Afadhali close relations he/she is used to.