[ThisIsNickkk]

It is a worrying statistic, but, I haven't had my father in my life since I was 10 and it hasn't done me any harm.

I think it makes you respect your mother more as well when your father isn't present, not to mention I have gone on to university and have high for the future, which is why it annoys me so much when teenagers who are little ****s blame it on the absence of a parent.

There are several different factors why marriages break down...