These are the cowards who think that running away from their problems is the only way to make them go away. But deciding to leave the family is one of the many ways someone can be a bad father. The way a father behaves tells whether he is a good or bad father. While a good father may spend time reading a book to his child, a bad father won't even try to have a conversation with his child. I've seen families where the dad comes home after a long day at work and instead of sitting down and having dinner with the family, he opens a beer and sits in the recliner and watches television. A good father, no matter how busy he is, will find time for his child. A father is a very important part of 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 this is usually where the problems begin. The child may join a gang or start doing illegal things with his friends to seek the approval of an adult male and get the love that his father never teased him about. This is usually avoided by checking on your child and asking if everything is okay at school. Dad is usually the parent who introduces the child to sports, teaches them how to maintain the car, tells them what is right and what is wrong, and has many life lessons. I'm not saying that the mother can't be the man of the family, but above all