Can a child grow up without a father?

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A child is a give from the god. Having both parents while growing up is maybe a wish of every single child.

But what will happened if one of the parents has no sense of responsibility and selfish enough to leave the child?

Can the child grow up normal emotionally and mentally without a father? How this will affect the child?

May 28, 2009 - Posted by merpatiputih2008 | Uncategorized | | 4 Comments

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Just give Arissa to her father!

Comment by Khairil Annuar | June 19, 2009 | Reply
- To her selfish father who never really cared about her. Who said that she is just too heavy to hold/carry when she was just about 3 months old?
  
  Comment by Merpati | June 21, 2009 | Reply
Of course a child can grow up without a father. In a lot of ways, it makes it harder for the mother raising the baby, but in a lot of ways it has a lot of perks. The same goes for the child. There are a lot of different kinds of families, a lot of different kinds of single parents, and a lot of different kinds of children of single parents. There’s no way to determine what kind of effect that might have on the child. Because ever child and situation is different, there are an unlimited amount possibilities. What is most important is that the child has at least one person around them, hopefully more, but at least one, who loves them unconditionally, and who is willing to do everything they possibly can to provide the very best they possibly can for that child. Having unconditional love, support, and attatchment is the most important thing for a growing child, and it doesn’t matter whether it comes from one parent, two parents, grand parents, extended family, friends, or any combination.
The only thing that is for certain is that a child is better off with one parent in a happy home (or two parents in two seperate happy homes), than in one unhappy home with both unhappy parents.
Embarking on the journey of single parenting is a hard one, but it comes with many rewards. There are lots of support networks out there for you, if you need them. Feel free to contact me for information on support networks and single parenting. As a child of a single mother, and as a single mother myself, helping other single mothers is a passion of mine.
Good luck!

Comment by jessimonster | June 20, 2009 | Reply
Thank you for your comment jessi. I did some research too and I totally understand what you are saying.

Comment by Merpati | June 21, 2009 | Reply

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About me – Arissa

Hello, my name is Arissa.

I am born in the month of May 2008.

Can you imagine a newborn having a blog. Of course, I can’t write nor even read at this very young age. So my father and mother is maintaining this blog for me.

This blog will be a part of my life diary. I can only say ” a part of ” since I can’t imagine what will be the future of blogging. Will blogging still exist when I am starting to read and write my own entries?

Obviously nobody knows.

But whatever the future may hold, this blog will be a chronicle of certain aspects of life, from the day I am born and hopefully until a very long time…

To the readers out there, just imagine this. When you are born, your parents will do everything for you. Your parents will take care of you. They will represent everything about you. Yes, your parents are the ones that will define your life. They will put you in some kind of trajectory in which you may then move forward and expand at your own pace. Slowly you will take charge of your own life. At first, your parents will supervise you and guide you. And then slowly you will take charge of your own life.

And so this evolution of life will be reflected in this blog. From the day I am born until I can read and write, ny parents will fill in the entries. Then slowly, I will write my own posts. At that time my parents will still maintain this blog, but slowly I will take over, bit by bit as my language skills develop. And ultimately and hopefully one day in the future, I will take over completely.

Of course, that day is still a long way off. I might do my own blog or I may continue this blog. Perhaps even wordpress has evolved into something else and I too will need to adapt to the new changes. But whatever it is, I will continue to write my entries using whatever technologies or platforms that may appear.

Merpati Putih

A Blog About The Life Journey of A Special Person