Happy Dead-Beat Dad Day

There has been some harsh statements floating around the world of Facebook on this Fathers Day. Many statements including things like Happy Dead-Beat Dad Day and Happy Father's Day to the Mother's only. As I have stated in my article; Once You Go Black, You Never Go Back...and Then You Become A Single Mother, there are many statistics reflecting single mothers across the nation of all races. There are also single fathers as well, whom are taking care of their children just as well as many mothers. The fact is that there is no denying the the numbers are high, with regards to single parents. Some of these statistics can be chalked-up to single mothers and fathers that are single by choice. It is not necessarily because of complications in the relationship that these occurrences are manifest. Some are also due to the passing of the other spouse, or even perhaps incarceration. However, there is a large number of these single family homes due to ill-fate and misfortune and further complimented by the non-caring attitudes of the missing parenting party due to whatever reason.

It is this lack of responsibility that tends to stand out amongst the masses, via outlets such as the media and bad-mouthing, as this has clearly has been proven and illustrated through the dialog spreading about the world of Facebook. Would it then be fitting to also say, in addition to "Happy Fathers Day", "Happy Dead-Beat Dad Day?"

I am a firm believer in not entertaining the negative, but instead embracing the positive. I stand by the old cliche that "If you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem." With that being said, perhaps collectively, participants of the Facebook world and other social media outlets can simply dwell and exploit the good, as an incentive and motivation for those often over shadowing statements of negativity. At least for the one day where good cheer and credit should be given to those that hold true to their natural duties as parents. As some one's comment on Facebook stated; "there are 364 other days in which one can use for bashing those Dead-Beats." Not to give validity or acceptance of such dialog at all, but to merely make it clear that at least for this one day out of the year, the fathers of the world can be showered with love and hope for the future.