What should be illuminating to you is that when children gain independence, their instinct is to distance themselves from their fathers & support their mothers.

That should tell you what you need to know about men’s typical behaviour in families & its impact. https://twitter.com/SueNyathi/status/1310846290926985217

Men are notorious for being absent parents. Even if they *financially* provide for their child, they are often emotionally absent because child rearing is women’s work. Emotions are women’s work.

Patriarchy functions by never holding men accountable. So it’s the children who are the problem. It’s the mother (& her family) poisoning them with lies.

When actually it’s that your kids can finally show you how they feel without risking their safety.

they don’t like u bro