Deborah Gundle, who, as a mother and carer, set up Netbuddy to bring families and professionals together, said: "We wanted to highlight the important role that dad carers have, but also to realise that the extent of the problems dads are facing has been overwhelming.
Only problem: dad can't partake in her pecan pie! "My daughter, @IrelandBBaldwin, baked this and I can't have any.
"Dave Schumpert has had ten times more health problems than Dad, he's had a colostomy for fifteen years, he's got one lung and a pacemaker, and look at all the things that he and Mary Beth are doing......
Viva's not the only one with problems: her dad (Colin Salmon) is getting booty texts from a mystery admirer, Saz is being bullied by a group of bitchy girls, and Holli's worrying that the booze might run out.
Margaret: They always get back to this: Hannah blames her parents for her problems, her dad is confounded and her mom gets defensive.
A gawky boy is pursuing a sweet-natured girl, but there is an age-old problem: her dad is a hunter, and this boy has antlers.
Not having a son to share these things with was no problem for Dad – he simply forced me to share them with him instead.
Guo's most recent novel, 'I Am China', is published by Chatto & Windus, priced £14.99 The sportsman: Al Bangura Born: Sierra Leone, 1988 Arrived in the UK: 2003 "I was raised in Freetown until the age of 14, when I had a problem: my dad was the head of a secret voodoo society, and some people from the village wanted me to take his place.
It's never OK to "wait until there's an accident" or ignore a problem because "Dad only drives to the store".
