he left her when she was 8 and she hasn't seen him since she was like 12. He did call her a few times over the past few years but she doesn't really want to talk to him. I think she doesn't really know what being a father entials. She always acted like a was brutal to the kids. She told me the way I say things to them scared her. She doesn't have a clue what a father's role is in her kids life. There was times I was scared of my dad, but I knew he wasn't going to hurt me and I loved him to death. She keeps telling me I have probs. so I am going to couns. and she is not even though she is having issues. We have power struggles too. They are pretty intense. She tells me that I think I am better than everyone. I tell her that she is trying to act that way by all the expesive clothes she is buying.