“Why did you leave?” is the heartbreaking question Samantha Nkirote, David Kene and Sheila* would each like to ask their biological fathers one day. According to Prof Catherine Gachutha, a counselling psychologist, children who are rejected by their biological fathers often battle with questions on their identity, self-worth, security, belonging and dignity. “I heard that my mother went into my father’s office one day and found the secretary packing. As an adult, it doesn’t make sense to me how you can love someone and leave them completely." MentallyA child for whom a father’s love is either inconsistent or non-existent experiences trauma.

Source: Daily Nation June 18, 2019 07:52 UTC