Eight years later - after losing his son…

Whatever became of Christopher Robin Sr.?

Every once in a while, I receive inquiries about Christopher Robin, but lately those inquiries became more and more sparse.

Few people in the fathers’ rights movement know about Christopher Robin Sr. Fewer yet know that he is the originator of a logo reflected on a lapel button, once very popular and distributed by the tens of thousands, that many years ago many fathers’ rights activists proudly wore, a logo that is today still being used in many different variations on many fathers’ rights websites.

Christopher Robin Sr. had been a singer and vocal coach for most of his adult life. In that capacity he had given lessons and coaching to many singers that were or became quite prominent, singers like “Tony Bennett, Jack Jones, Andy Williams, Vic Damone — and those at Branson.” He was a stay-at-home dad for his son and only child, given that he did most of his work right at home, a home that eventually became for very good reasons known as “The Purple Heart House.”

As a consequence of separation and divorce — Christopher Robin Sr. lost all contact with his son and only child, Christopher Robin Jr. He then became a fathers rights activist.

A few years ago (in 2002) I sent out the last message from Christopher Robin that was intended for public consumption. In that message (accessible at Fathers for Life and well worth reading) Christopher Robin Sr. wishes a “Happy Birthday” to his son (who was to become 18 years of age), writes about some of what happened to his ideals that he pursued while being a fathers’ rights activist, and he also provides the reasons that motivated him to say farewell to fathers’ rights activism, but that is not all. Christopher Robin Sr. gave very important advice to men in situations like his as to what they should do with the rest of their lives.

Christopher Robin Jr. will turn 23 years of age in December of this year. That is the age at which, so the popular wisdom goes, children of separation and divorce begin to gravitate back to their biological fathers from whom they became alienated for many years (often as many as 20 years or more), but as of now that has not yet happened with Christopher Robin Sr. (and quite likely never will). Contrary to popular wisdom, those experiences of Christopher Robin Sr. are the norm for the majority of fathers whose children became alienated from them.

— Walter

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