You Can't Afford to Overlook 1. If your partner works a standard 40 hour week, or even longer, he may have little time with his children each week.
Fathers often fear becoming strangers in their own homes.
This is one issue where your attitude can make a significant difference in how fathers and children view one another. Make it a point to enhance the relationships. Another side to this issue is the father who, because his job is stressful, lacks the energy to be an active parent. He may disappear behind a newspaper, sink into a chair in front of the television, bring office work home, immerse himself in a solitary hobby or make plans to socialize with friends. The one thing he doesn't do is plunge into family life.