What Positive Consequences Does Bacorn Predict If Truant Fathers Spend More Time With Their Children

The article “The Distinct, Positive Impact of a Good Dad” focuses a lot on the basic impact of how much of an influence a dad is to a child’s life. It explains the difference between how the father impacts the child’s life in a more “open arms” way whereas, a mother has a more “closed arms” impact. Having a good dad around in a child’s life is more likely to make for a better future for the kid, compared to a child who doesn’t have a good dad in their life or little to no dad at all they have a less likely chance for a better future as studies have shown. Studies have shown that mental health is a huge issue with both genders when they have a strong relationship with their father as to being in a household with a

Fatherless homes in the black community is at 57.6% (NCF, 2017). One of many issues of a fatherless home is children have less structure and lack of discipline; i.e. Chicago. The children suffer the most. I believe children need both parents in the household to be complete (“not all”). I believe if women have father’s in their lives (a positive male figure at minimum) it could help their decision in choosing the right mate will help this issue.

The role of the father, a male figure in a child’s life is a very crucial role that has been diminishing over the years. An absent father can be defined in two ways; the father is physically not present, or the father is physically present, but emotionally present. To an adolescent, a father is an idolized figure, someone they look up to (Feud, 1921), thus when such a figure is an absent one, it can and will negatively affect a child’s development. Many of the problems we face in society today, such as crime and delinquency, poor academic achievement, divorce, drug use, early pregnancy and sexual activity can be attributed to fathers being absent during adolescent development (Popenoe, 1996; Whitehead, 1993). The percentage of

However, not just the mere presence of a father is enough to make a difference in a child’s development. Research has shown that a child’s development is affected by both the quantity and quality of father involvement (Wilson & Prior, 2010). Being an involved father means not only investing economic resources into a child, but also time. Wilson and Prior (2010) found that high levels of father involvement was associated with significant and highly desirable children’s developmental outcomes. Similarly, Bronte-Tinkew, Carrano, Horowitz, and Kinukawa (2008) used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study–Birth Cohort to investigate whether or not a fathers involvement would play role in infant cognitive outcomes. They found that high father involvement reduces the likelihood of infant cognitive delay. Further they found that this was especially true for male infants and infants with disabilities.

The number of men that would welcome these children is astonishing. These men give these children a sense of purpose through work and although sexual is work nonetheless. Additionally these men act as father figures to the once orphaned children. Studies have shown that a great influence in the future of a child is whether the father is in the picture. As a result, there is the elimination of so called daddy issues.

For various reasons, many children in the United States are living without their fathers in their homes or absent from their lives entirely. This is an issue all across the world and the children are having to deal with the disadvantages caused by the lack of support from their fathers. This issue has a significant effect on society and can be viewed and interpreted from the three sociological perspectives. As a result of many studies, it was found that children raised in father absent homes almost universally experience disadvantages such as: worse health, poorer academic achievement, and a less enjoyable educational experience. There are many variables that need to be taken into effect when considering

According to the U.S. Census, one in three children, or approximately fifth teen million, are growing up without their father. This is what I would consider an epidemic because the numbers continue to rise yearly. With the numbers continuing to grow, American children continue to suffer. It is critical that a father is positively active in their child or children’s lives because father’s provide a sense of safety, mothers cannot teach a child everything that a child needs to know, and households gain balance when the father is present. I will now better explain.

Most of the prisons in America are overcrowded. They are overcrowded with men, most of which are fathers and nearly half of these incarcerated fathers were living with their child or children before going to prison. The effects on these children can be detrimental. This can also cause strained relationships with the mothers or other family members doing their best to take care of these children while their father is away. There can be social as well as emotional problems, but luckily there are many states that are trying to accommodate for the parent being gone with programs and camps for these children.

External factors such as incarceration, hard times, high death rates and the disproportion of men to women are linked to the absentee of the father in African American communities (McAdoo, 1997). The father’s absence is one of the main causes of poor well being of adolescence. It is a leading cause of social issues that’s prone to change the shape of society (Walton, 2015). Although this may be the case, the effects of the absentee father have a stronger impact on males in correlation to females. Overall, young black males are more heavily affected than males of any other race that live in father-less home. Effects do not always have to be from a negative perspective;

Nice article. It was interesting to read that father's interact with their children more than their mothers. I do believe that mothers provide more emotional support than fathers but I do not think fathers spend more direct time. I do agree that they may explore play interactions differently from mothers. It is important that children gain exposure to stimulating environments because it is beneficial to their development. an environment where children are able to be active and at the same time use their senses to learn and adapt will increase their physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development. Also as parents interact and play with their kids they are able to form a close relationship with trust. The more interaction

In these low socioeconomically areas, absentee fathers affect youth negatively. Youth who do not have their father’s active in their lives are likely to drop out of school and have contact with authorities prior to adulthood. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, “one out of three children in America now live in biological father-absentee homes. Also, 9 in 10 parents believe there is a father absence crisis in America.” This problem has transcended into a spike in children having police contact between the hours of 3:30 P.M to 7:30 P.M. After school programs have shown to affect this problem positively.

If fathers made a conscious decision to be around their child, that can lead to negative emotional consequences later in life. In “Third Bank of the River” João Guimarães Rosa writes “I was deeply distressed and felt the need to do something more.” (Page 357). In the story, the Father leaves the son as he goes on river with his boat and stays away from civilization. He stays like that for the most of his son's life and that sentence demonstrates that his son has been affected by his father's absence which can lead to future consequences.

In the article “Beyond Absenteeism: Father Incarceration and Child Development”, it discusses how father incarceration rates effects children (Amanda Geller, 2012). This was similar to the study above. In this article the analysis came from the Fragile Families study. The Fragile Families studies included around 5,000 couples with children that were born from 1998 to 2000 in twenty fairly large cities within the United States. The parents were surveyed around the time of their child’s birth and then there were follow-ups when the child was one, three, and also five years of age. The findings were tied to aggression from the children. This resembles the above study, where children who were missing their father due to him being absent were more

The video/ article was called "Breaking The Cycle of Absentee Father". The video is about a nonprofit organization for African American males so that they can be better father figures for their children. The man who started this is named Sheldon Smith. He created this organization because he wants to bring up the low percentage of father figures in Chicago. This organization works by having meetings and helping these men become better fathers through talking about problems and how they can fix them

Education is greatly impacted among children with mothers only. In studies involving over 25,000 children using nationally representative data sets, children who lived with only their mother had lower grade point averages, lower college aspirations, poor attendance records, and much higher drop-out rates than students who lived with both parents (McLanahan). McLanahan also states in her book that fatherless children are twice as likely to drop out of school. These figures all lead to the most important statistic—children without fathers are five times less likely to attend college (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). This stems from a few factors including financial