Wallahi I agree with that mothers decision wholeheartedly, even if the man is a alcoholic bum it's best to have a male presence in the house, discipline is integral@Cognitivedissonance
Visit to Felt-ham prison under the Somali role model pilot programme engineered by a sister (that came from a broken home but survived) correlates everything you have just said, I asked each individual youth, and the collaborated the same, just as I thought.
The only issue is they didn't know why the father wasn't there, or why the divorce took place, I have seen households were both parents are together but the father has too much pride to work since he lived a rich life back home which was all destroyed and he didn't speak the english language and was frequently mocked for this destroying his confidence.
I don't condone his laziness, but his wife will tell you, all her sons would be in jail without his presence and discipline, and she said countless times she is grateful because she was almost about to divorce him several times that decade due to advice of Garoobo who were telling her he was useless ironically.