Absent fathers

[AmyJahabee]

If you’re a daughter that never had a father figure in your entire life, would you be missing out on anything that you wouldn’t get with your mother?

I am a mother to a child who’s father choose to be absent. How do I help my child. She is 9 and seem happy never really asked about her dad as he disappeared when she was 1

Oi was 4 when my father left to live on the other side of the world. I did get to spend time with him as a teenager and it only made me grateful that he'd left when he did

Yes I didn’t have a father growing up and its affected me very much

I never knew my ‘dad’ - he was having an affair and left just after I was born, never had anything to do with me. I don’t think I missed out on anything as such, but it has left me with many psychological issues sadly such low self esteem, fear of abandonment, never feeling like I fit in, never feeling good enough, despite my mum loving me unconditionally and giving me the world and more. And I’m not good in relationships because of the fore mentioned