Celebrating Father’s Day When Your Child’s Dad Isn’t in His Life

June 13, 2014

But that doesn’t mean my son is A-OK with not having his dad—a dad—in his life. I know he feels the burn and confusion and rejection and anger; it’s not fair. It’s pathetic.

Jack is nearly 7 and he asks about his dad sometimes, especially this week. He wonders what his dad is like and what his house looks like, if he likes pizza and tacos,…

Single mom Christine Coppa is the author of the Target Breakout Book, Rattled! (Broadway Books, 2009) and the founding blogger of glamour.com's acclaimed Storked! blog where she spilled it about navigating an unplanned pregnancy and single motherhood minus her son's father. You can also find her witty (and often controversial blogs) on parenting.com, babble.com and Nickmom.com A professional writer/editor, she's contributed to Glamour, Marie Claire (Australia), First for Women, In Touch, Parenting, Baby Talk, and Parents among other publications and notable websites. Her work has been buzzed about in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and on ABC's 20/20. Coppa and her son represented the Yoplait Kids brand in 2011. The Sunday London Times called her a writer "at the forefront of a wave of modern moms who are reinventing the parental publishing genre." Coppa lives in North Jersey with her son Jack Domenic, 6 who is currently campaigning for a Golden Retriever puppy.