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Hey ladies , thank you for joining

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the Single Moms United podcast

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. If this is your first time listening

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, welcome If you're a

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repeat listener . Thank you for

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your loyalty . This

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podcast has been developed to motivate

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and encourage the single mom

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. It's

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not how you arrived at the title , but

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what you do with it is designed

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to get you thinking about your approach

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to single motherhood , possibly

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giving you an aha moment

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. Now , today is a special

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episode for Father's Day

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. In my opinion

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, we really should call it Dad's

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Day because it's showing appreciation

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to the dads

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that step up to the plate , just like you

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, single mom . So

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I say that because , again

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, anyone can be a father , meaning

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a male right , but it takes

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a lot to be a dad . I

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want to take . I want to talk about the title

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differences related to father

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versus dad . A

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father is a key contributor to bringing

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about life , meaning

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he is the other half of why

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the child is in existence . Generally

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, that is the extent of

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how he acquired the title

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of father . He was

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there for the moment that brought about

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conception . Just

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because he is a father doesn't mean he

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is a dad . A father must be

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taken to child support court

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. A father won't know their

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child's birthday or

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middle name in some

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instances . In other

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words , there is a distinct

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difference between father

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and dad . Fathers

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aren't generally active in their kids' lives

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, unfortunately . Now

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, to be fair and not solely beat

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up on fathers , it goes

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the same with mothers . Just

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because you have the title mother doesn't

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mean you make a good mom . A

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mom sacrifices to ensure

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her child has or her children

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has . A mother continues

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to work off her own agenda

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and the kids get the

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leftovers . For example , she

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ensures her hair and nails are done

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, but the child may be falling

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behind in school and requires

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tutoring . Well , those funds

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that she's spending on her hair and nails

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could go towards the

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child being successful in

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learning the requirements

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in school . Okay

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, okay , ladies , i know enough bashing

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. Let's get back on the topic highway

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. I know I got off the destination

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exit for the moment , so let's

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talk about dad characteristics

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. Dads are present and

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involved in their children's lives

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. They know their birthday

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. They have even given the child

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a nickname . The

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child knows how to find their dad

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and vice versa . A dad

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freely supports the child not just

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financially but emotionally

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. A dad accepts responsibility

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without being told . A

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dad will verbally tell his child

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or children he loves them . A

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dad asks for forgiveness for

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any wrong he has done . Long

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story short , dads are

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proactively protectors and

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providers . No one has

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to tell or remind them of

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their responsibility . Now

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can a father turn into a dad ? Absolutely

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. If he has breath

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in his body , he can mend his

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ways . It's never too

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late Now . I've heard

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fathers asked for their children's forgiveness

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and try to be a part of their adult

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children's lives later . Yes

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, it is up to the adult child

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to make that decision . I

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personally believe if he makes the

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effort with the adult

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child , then they

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should allow him to . But that's

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just my opinion , while many

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adult children don't want to

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relinquish the hurt he left

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behind by not being

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in their lives during their early

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years . So it's

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fair that they don't want

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to immediately accept him , but

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I do think long term they

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should sleep on it and think about it and

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allow him into their lives . One

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thing they must keep in mind some of the fathers

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are also linked to generational curses

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that the children may not even be

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aware of Meaning . Their

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behavior is as a result of

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what they experience from their own

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father not being active

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in their lives . So adult

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children need to understand Some

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of the fathers' actions are not on

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purpose . Some of the behavior

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is not deliberate . They

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have to find forgiveness in their

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hearts and press forward

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Slightly . Veering to the left

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here a little bit , i've been

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seeing where people have been

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saying hey , stop

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wishing single mothers

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happy Father's Day . Okay

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, well , you know I

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am not for or against the

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statement . And the reason

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why is when we consider the definition

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of what a father is

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supposed to do , he

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is supposed to be a provider and

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protector of his family , while

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the mom is a nurturer . Now

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, if he is absent , can

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you tell me who takes on the role of protector

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and provider ? Think about that

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for a moment . You're

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right , it's the mom

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. She has to adopt this role

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, so she has to be

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the protector , the provider

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and the nurturer . So

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this is why some folks wish single

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moms happy Father's Day , because

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she is taking on all

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of the characteristics to

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raise the child And

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so , again , to be fair

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and given the responsibility

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that they're tasked with , i

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think it's fair to say happy Father's Day

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. I'm sorry that folks

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are offended by that , but

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if they really understood the

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characteristics that she's adopting

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, maybe they would be

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a little more receptive

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and not get upset

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that the single mama's

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being told

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happy Father's

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Day . Finally

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, ladies , if your child's

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father wants to be a part of

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your child or your children's

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life , letting please

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let him . I

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encourage you to set aside

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your differences for the sake

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of the child . Again

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, i encourage

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you to set aside your differences

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with him for the

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sake of the child . You

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two have to co parent . Yeah

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, he may have messed up . Yeah

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, you may have caught him doing some things

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. Yes , yes , yes to

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everything that he got busted

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in . But if he wants to

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be a part of the child's life , let

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him . And if he's responsible , let

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him . Your son and daughter

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especially the son

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has to have a

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relationship with him if

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he wants one with them . So

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, ladies , again , this was a special

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edition of single moms

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United podcast , focusing

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on the differences between

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Father and Dad . I

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hope you found value in today's podcast

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and we'll share with another single

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mom . Remember we

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are in this together . No

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matter how you arrived at the title

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is what you do with it . Take

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care , look for new episodes

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next week .