Ever heard of “Parental Alienation?” That’s where mom’s divorce the dad (or unmarried women shun the fathers) and then start to brainwash the children against dad i.e. “Your dad is no good, he’s a bum, etc.” over and over 24/7. Soon the child does not want to be around dad, but mom is more than willing to have a court order to enforce matriarchy support, err I mean CHILD support. Now the same man has a COURT ORDER saying he’s allowed parenting time with said child. Do you think the courts enforce that? HELL NO!! They are ONLY interested in collect “child” support for the mother as states get matching fed funds for every “child” support dollar collected.
Soon the mother has convinced the child to HATE his/her father and the rest is history. The “runaway” dad that you hear about in popular modern media is actually the PUSHED AWAY dad by the mother (and children when parental alienation takes hold of them)
I have been one of those “walking wounded” since 1980. My children still don’t consider me to be their father.
I believe there should be a special place in Hell waiting for a lot of “Mama Dearest”.