news to moms who have raised successful kids without the help of the dads
I’m going to go ahead and assume you didn’t have to raise your kids in the same type of environments Denzel was referencing. Which is a good thing, but you shouldn’t take his argument as a personal rebuke.
Which can be done but is less than optimal and not to be held as any kind of standard.
In general, children need fathers, and growing up with a father who doesn't care or who decides to run out on a child is devastating.
Oh, that can and does happen. Takes a very strong woman. They deserve all the praise in the world. Statistically though kids raised without both parents are far less likely to succeed in the world.