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Today was a weird day. Three different
families had visits directly related to the absence of a father in the child's
life. The first was a well check on a three year old who's mom asked my
advise about terminating paternal rights of the bio-dad who had not been part of
this child's life in all three years. Mom is afraid that her daughter will
blame her for ending any possible future father-daughter relationship. The
second child was a 6 year old who's mother was concerned because the father had
asked to meet his son for the first time in 6 yrs. Two weeks ago the child
met him, the bio-dirtbag promised him future visits (including attending this
little boy's birthday party) and hasn't been heard from since. She was concerned
that the little boy didn't seem to be worried about these missed visits.
The third was a pregnant woman who asked to meet me because she wanted me to
compose a list of questions to ask the bio-dad about his family history because
she planned not to have this "sperm donor" be part of her baby's
family. How do you deal with these things? And how do you code
it? Thanks Kim Burlingham, MD
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