Six wives, 13 kids – a good dad?

Jan 22, 2011 English 1st Paragraph

This week a study revealed that one in eight UK children rarely or never see their father. So can one man have 13 children by eight different partners, have married six times and still be a good father? Well, ask Steve Ginger.

A sign by his front door warns that trespassers will be shot, and from behind the house comes the howl of a huge dog.

“I try to be a good dad,” says the 49-year-old, who lives in a Bedfordshire village along with wife number six and three of his four stepchildren.

Read this on the BBC.

• A study is when a group of scientists or specialists examine a subject in detail to discover new information.
• reveal: show (something new that we did not know before)
• A trespasser is someone who goes onto other people’s land or enters their building without permission.
• trespassers will be shot: he will use his gun against anyone who enters his land or building without permission.