The first time I saw this video I was taken aback because it felt like it was made straight from my emotions towards divorce. Take a look...
The saddening facts that the video starts out with come as no surprise to me. FamilyLife says that "most children from broken or dysfunctional homes report feeling lonelier, less protected and more stress filled childhoods." I do not find this statement to be shocking whatsoever because I felt all of those things as a child. Growing up, I spent countless nights where I just cried thinking about not having a "full" family or thinking back on past memories. I had to be the man of the house and had the duties of checking if the doors were locked so I always felt less protected. Lastly, I had to grow up much quicker than all of my friends so I could be a "father-figure" to my siblings, which stressed me out many nights of my early teen years.
The part I mentioned about the boy's story sounding very similar to mine was because I also had to travel 5 hours to see my father every other weekend. My father would always tell me I was "too young" to understand (but my mom would tell me everything). And I have made it a major point in my life to never get a divorce. I do not want to put any family or child through what I have been forced to experience.
The part I mentioned about the boy's story sounding very similar to mine was because I also had to travel 5 hours to see my father every other weekend. My father would always tell me I was "too young" to understand (but my mom would tell me everything). And I have made it a major point in my life to never get a divorce. I do not want to put any family or child through what I have been forced to experience.