Camilo grew up surrounded by adults, yet without a stable father. His mother moved from one relationship to another, each new man arriving with promises of permanence and leaving with silence. By the ...

"What do dads do on Tuesdays?" This wasn't a rhetorical question when I posed it to my wife as our daughter's birth approached. Before my daughter was born, I had seen my father just once in the past ...

When a parent abandons their child, it can contribute to lasting depression and emotional struggles well into adolescence and adulthood When a biological parent abandons their child, it represents one ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) This wasn’t a rhetorical question when I posed it to my wife as our daughter’s birth ...