Single Dads Support Group

Comes with the age-old stygma of when you are a man you're expected to just "suck it up", "be a man" and not be upset about it all.

I agree though, as far as we've come tearing down certain walls and stereotypes in society, there are some that still exist.

I found besides this site, a few others which have catered to men specifically not so much in laws, etc. but in how to address your rights as a father more particularly and focusted on US/N. America area. Perhaps you can look into something like this but the challenge comes from, laws are different first in the US by STATE and secondly, what may apply to US wouldn't apply to other areas of the globe. Simply put, as the previous post stated, men simply are to learn to deal with things less because as a society in general, if we seek help/complain/let it known our discomfort in a situation, it's more of a 'get over it already' mentality. My two cents anyway.
Hope some of these can help. Alot of resources I uncovered were really just on how to be a better dad/partner, etc. as opposed to just a single father information...
I know some of the social networking sites have communities established but mostly is just like minded people/single fathers community boards without much depth to the content or subject(s).

http://www.greatdad.com/tertiary/3...

http://www.fatherhood.org/

http://www.allprodad.com/index.php

Yeah I agree MoTR, but this was what I meant, regardless if you live in Washington or Bahgdad, the sort of place that can assist in helping people find out about their local laws. It is sad that in this day and age Men seem to be the only ones who can be sterotyped anymore, unlike women, race and religion.

Thanks for these links I'll check them out.

Just the problem I face here is as the courts here will tell you, Parents wether mother or Father have no rights (yep unbelievably true) only the children have rights, parents here have "Responsibilities" I can't see why we don't have both, especially if denying a parent of rights, in turn denies a child theirs.

I dunno screwy world we live in, maybe we should take to the streets and burn our jockstraps? lol
I was always led that equal oppurtunity was a 2 way street, how I have so learned different these last few years. Guess though we've allowed our societies become this way, because as you say we're men, we don't cry/complain/make a fuss. For me at least it's time to change that, because doing it the "MANLY" way hasn't been working, time to make a song and dance I think.

i guess that,for me, the 'single dad' issues that i dea with, as a full time father, are different than those of men who are not involved in their childrens lives, either legitimately or because of systemic bias...

I could totally get behind a site that supports those fathers who are full time parents... but would have no need/interest in anything else.

Hi Ak, I have to agree with yourself and Billy Connolly regarding straight white males, we really are the last faction of society who can claim ridicule immunity without being humiliated or criticised, I don't mean this in the victim's context but boy we do seem to be the butt of a lot of jokes these days, not only on a personal level but in the media too.
Since owning a site for LP's I have come to realise it is healthy to have the input of both genders and all their feelings/views and comments on our situation, it is all too easy to 'cocoon' a certain group of any type by keeping a website or support group selective. I do however feel there is much to gain with websites which do address single dad situations' only but not all round the best approach for one to pay all their attention to.
I don't mean to contradict myself (although I probably have) I just feel that there is plenty of support for us out there from what there is, especially the sites Middle posted.
We all can learn so much from each other, some more than others, of course but I have had a huge amount of wisdom from single mums, I do however have a yearning to hear more from single dads, it is possible I suppose that some men feel reluctant to post on a site which is, and it's a fact, predominately populated by single mums.
On my site, gender bias is never tolerated but I do know of male members who feel persecuted by mums if their style of parenting clashes with the majority, I know for certain, the way I am bringing up my four sons is quite different to many mothers' regimes but my kids are well behaved and I never hear a bad word about any of them, they are also healthy and doing well at school so I can't be doing much wrong., dare I say it, they could learn a lot from us, wow that was brave..lol
Kids need a healthy balance of input from both genders in my opinion but that doesn't mean to say they won't do well if deprived of one, I just feel that much can be missed if our ideals only originate from one and not both.