"The absence of fathers"

What is it that we never have a father in a pokemon game? It's always just the mother at home. Is the father always at work? But why? Shouldn't he at least be present from time to time, or when we have an important battle? I had the game theory that maybe we, the player, are the father figure for the character. But this makes no sense, since the game asks our name when we start. via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/b0zU2hl