They are cowards who think that running away from their problems is the only way to make their problems go away. But deciding to leave the family is one of the many ways someone can be a bad father. The way a father acts indicates whether he is a good or bad father. While a good father may spend time reading a book to his child, a bad father will not even try to have a conversation with his child. I've seen families where the father came home from a long day at work and instead of sitting down and eating dinner with the family, he opened a beer, sat in the recliner and watched TV. A good father, no matter how busy he is, will find time for his child. A father plays a very important role in a child's life. A child needs a father figure and if he can't find one at home, he will find one outside the home, and that's usually when the problems start. The child may join a gang or start doing illegal things with his friends to seek approval from an adult male and get the love his father never gave him. This is usually avoided by monitoring your child and asking if everything is okay at school. The father is usually the parent who introduces the child to sports, teaches him how to maintain his car, tells him right from wrong and gives him many life lessons. I'm not saying the mother can't be the man of the family, but most