‘More men are coming to FSN for help’ - Dr Sylvia M. Simmonds
Speaking to this news site late last week, Dr Simmonds said that despite the fact FSN is almost totally dependent on the benevolence of the general public and corporations, it sees its work of providing counselling to families as all to vital as there are signs of the moral decay in the fabric of society.
She said though stretched to the limit, she still counsels men who come in and who are determined to make a better way for their families, recognising that they need help to quit abusing their spouses. She noted that more men were turning up to FSN’s doorway – both abusers and victims of abuse.
“We try to help relationships and for that that reason we don’t turn away persons who come to our office. Some men do come in who want help and who want to find a better way of dealing with issues in their relationship, to find out how they could fix where they have gone wrong, so we don’t ever turn our backs on anyone – male, female and children,” she said.
“It puts a strain on us yes but we want the community to know that we are here for the family. She noted that unhealthy societies general mean that families are unhealthy. That is not what we want. We want the reverse. When we have healthy societies it means that our families are healthy,” Dr Simmonds said.
“Very often when we look back as to why the child is angry, very often it is a reflection of the family that the child grew up with over time,” she said.
Need for more finances
Dr Simmonds said that every year when they submit their annual report they make an appeal for more funds.
“Our budget is growing not because of more salaries but because demand for our services has grown, such as demand for housing. Right now we have two females in housing and it costs us $800 a month for housing. But we have no other place to put them,” she said.
Dr Simmonds said similarly there is an “older gentleman” who was “battered by his wife” and they had to find a safe house for him. But she said that at $100 per day, it was not possible to house this man for more than seven days.
She noted that the entity has fed about 350 families from January to present, explaining that this was the number of families fed for all of last year 2014.
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but it is real and too many women are getting away with abusing their spouses because men are more hesitant than women to report that they are being abused by their partners. One reason being that they are afraid that people will laugh at them. No one should subject themselves to physical or mental abuse.
There are some men and women that are natural BORN and BRED liars and fakes and they know who they are. Time always longer than twine. You could only fake for so long and the apple does not fall too far from the tree.
More men is using Family Support Network to cover up what they are doing and making it look like the women are the problem. This f..ish woman who Heads the Network is buying into the men lies. The men are only using the Network when they realize that their backsides is in trouble and can be sent to jail or out of the country. I'm speaking because my husband is the devil and Dr. Simmonds have him like an angel but just wait the world will see the truth soon.