Poor Them

Back of the envelope figuring. There are one billion plus Indians; say half of those are men; another half are fathering age; and a recent survey says only four percent are involved in bringing up their kids. So that give us about 60-70,000 Indian pops to feel sympathy for because they are raising their kids and million, MILLIONS of subcontinent dads to feel horrible for because they are not.

And we can feel bad and better off than similar others as well

Kid-away fathers don't get the satisfaction of feeling as connected to a new life as the Clayton Heights (UK) father who done birthed his little newborn Misty in the back of the family Alfa. Nor do they have the lifetime father-son link like the Michigan State Robells, Rich and Mike who lived in Emmons Hall dorm room B310 30 years apart. 8,000 rooms on camput to be assigned to and both Robells get this one, identified by the same broken latch. And they don't get the excuse to stay at home working-by-taking-care of the kids like the Minneapolis SAHD, who had enough extra time to pursue "fantasy fishing" (who knows?) and win $1 million.

There's even a study that kids make fathers better people, that even so-called "evil dads" should see their kids more (albeit, in very supervised ways).

So, if chillaxing with the chillin' can do that for the bad (adams) apples, imagine what other fathers are missing.