5 Father's Day Gifts & Activities For Your Absent Dad

With Father's Day just around the corner, everyone has been scrambling to find the best gift to give dad to let him know how you feel.

Whether it's a great set of socks, or a sports memorabilia from his favorite sports team, the sometimes the perfect gift is hard to find.

That feeling doesn't just apply to the good dads who were there every day, it can also apply to that guy who is on your birth certificate but never actually did anything for you.

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Just like we had a few ideas of what kinds of gifts to give that toxic mom of yours on Monther's Day, here are a few suggestions of gifts and activities for your absent pops on Father's Day:

Prepay For Some Therapy Sessions

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Most mental health and medical professionals agree that just about everyone could use some sort of therapy. That is likely especially true for the ones who decided to disappear on us when we needed them the most. So go ahead and pre-pay for some counseling and/or therapy sessions for that missing dad and whenever you find them, give them the gift certificate.

Some Self Help Books

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Books always make a great gift for people. So why not check two boxes by getting that missing dad a few self-help books to help them fix their life.

A Picture Of You Doing Just Fine Without Him

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Sometimes you just have to remind people that maybe their absence helped things work out for the best. So head and snap a selfie and, if you can find them, send it on over. You could print the image and frame it for a little extra razzle-dazzle.

Lifetime Supply of Milk

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We all heard the joke about the dad who went out for milk and just never came back. Well, maybe, just maybe, if you have a lifetime supply of milk, they could finally stop searching for milk and come home.

A Handheld GPS Device

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Because he must have gotten lost while he was out searching for milk if dad had one of these he would've easily found his way back home.

What are some additional things that would be good gifts for that absent dad?

These 7 Prisons Are The Most Violent In New York State

New York released a report with the most recent number of violent assaults on inmates in state prisons. There were 134 inmate deaths noted in the report, although it doesn't break down the prisons where each death occurred or who caused them. Here's a look at some of the general violent incidents reported for 2020, which is the most recent data reported by the state. Compared to 10 years ago, inmate assaults have almost doubled. In 2011 there were 666 and in 2020 there were 1,205 reported. These numbers do not include inmate assaults on staff members. Overall, the number of unusual incidents includes things like assaults, deaths, accidents, sexual misconduct, and disruptive behavior. According to the state,

"The number of unusual incidents has increased 132% from 5,980 in 2011 to 13,870 in 2020. These higher incident numbers were largely due to increases in assaults on incarcerated individuals (+81%), assaults on staff (+86%), contraband (+130%), disruptive behavior (+372%), and staff use of weapons (+1,035%)."

In 2020, 1,836 weapons used to cut or stab, including ice picks, razor blades, can lids and shanks were discovered in state prisons around New York.