Why Black Fathers Fail Kids

Throughout the matriculation of a black boy 's’ life, there are many, (labeled natural, yet are culturally, socially and institutionally based) factors, that govern the holistic views and beliefs entailed to the child. From that moment on, challenging the social structures that these norms entail suggest a sense of sensitivity, homosexuality or weakness, ultimately emasculating the highly regarded social stigmas attached with being a man. Despite being indoctrinated into the minds of black boys from an early age, there are many long lasting effects of masculinity that are in turn reciprocated in the role of black fathers, husbands, brothers and friends. Black masculinity is the self-deteriorating idealisms that attack the identity and social positions black men ascribe to.

Demographically, over 90% of the participants strongly agreed that fatherhood is crucial in our society. A little over 47% of fathers, that encouragement from the mothers of their children matters because of the obstacles they faced with finance, and their duties on the job. The final results of marital status statistics is over 80% married fathers, nine percent divorced, and six percent never married. One surprising statistic was 90% cohabitate with the mother and focal child (Glenn & Popenoe, 2006).

within 5 years of the birth than couples with Black nonveteran fathers. They also found

With a missing male role model (father figure), the oldest child of a set of multiples tends to take on the other parents responsibities making the younger siblings look at them as a parental figure. This could mean doing simple chores like keeping the house clean, all the way to helping out financially. This phenomenon is called parentification. Parentification is all too common in African American families today. The missing father figure is seen as one of the main reasons for African Americans disciplinary problems, psychological health, and lowered academic success. Without the knowledge of how to behave in certain situations, the mental/emotional strain, and the already low academic achievement, many black students feel that college is unnecessary and causes them to bring up the question, “How will my family survive without me?”

If an individual has grown up hearing that they are uneducated, stupid, or worthless, and has had no one to tell them otherwise, eventually they will believe it is true and identify themselves in such a way. Unfortunately it is difficult being a Black male growing up in today's society because they are often perceived as fitting a negative labels or stereotypes, regardless if it is true or not. In order to prevent Black males from accepting the negative label or stereotype as and behaving in such a way, I believe it is important for Black males to be exposed to positive role models and influential people who will reassure Black males that the negative racial stereotypes and labels they hear are not true. Black males must also be aware of the negative labels and stereotypes associated with their gender and race, yet learn to ignore them and identify themselves based on who they truly believed they are, not who other people say they

The successful education process starts with the family in the home and community, and continues in school and throughout life. The extent to which Black parents become actively involved in the education of Black male children is the extent to which the destruction of potentially millions of young Black men will stop. When young Black men realize they have become expendable, are we ready for their reaction? The United States does not tolerate young Black men being unproductive or counter-productive to the goals of mainstream society. Black males are suspended, expelled and failed in schools at rates that are two to five times higher than students of other races and go to jail at rates five to ten times higher than people of other races ().Jackson, Phillip. “The Massive Failure of

This article climbs into the struggle of young black males. Many issues that are recurring such as early school dropout, delinquency, poverty, unemployment, incarceration, fatherless, and they don’t have much of a chance to lead a successful life. Most black males are set up to fail at this rate and all this leads to a need to develop interventions to save those lost lives of the young black communities.

Lowe Jr., W. (2000). Detriangulation of Absent Fathers in Single-Parent Black Families: Techniques of Imagery. American Journal of Family Therapy, 28(1), 29-40. doi:10.1080/019261800261798

Within the inner cities of America, it appears the ages of most parents in the inner cities are becoming younger and younger. With nearly 40% of Black men incarcerated, the women-to-men ratio is unbalanced (Bureau of Prisons, 2012). According to the 2010 Census, Black single mothers with children account for a staggering seventy percent of households within urban cities. These mothers are far more likely than married mothers to be poor, relying on governmental assistance, with no father figure to help raise their children to be upstanding citizens in society. “Even after a post-welfare-reform decline in child poverty, they are also more likely to pass that poverty on to their children” (Hymowitz, 2005).

A father’s role in a child’s life is extremely important when it comes to a child’s development. With so much emphasis placed on young black boys needing their fathers during crucial developmental ages, the rate of our young black girls growing up without fathers is staggering and overlooked. What is an absent father? The definition is quite simple; an absent father can be defined as a father who is not present in the life of their child whether it is physically, emotionally, or both. Although the absence of a father is detrimental in any child’s life, the absence of such in a young black girl’s life is even more crucial. The absent father in a black girl’s life leads to, in some cases, promiscuity and teenage pregnancy, poverty, and

What are main reasons why black fathers are less likely than white fathers to be

The black men of today have no strong foundation to mature, and the black women of today have embodied what they think men want and accepted less from men (Batchelor and Garcia) because their identity is lost due to absentee fathers. These children born in single parent households are statistically more vulnerable to be school dropouts, criminals, and single parents themselves (Batchelor and Garcia). Because this problem is the most recent and is shows no sign of improving, it appears that priorities are misplaced. Civil rights leaders have advocated for fighting against police brutality and mass incarceration, and most others cite “black-on-black” crime to be of greater importance. These issues have existed in the past and don't compare to the societal impact of absentee fathers. It is the most damaging to the black community not only because of sheer numbers, but also because of how accepted it

Racial inequality and structural inequality has led our communities into a downward spiral. The economic crisis has not helped the situation either. It has pushed families further and further into poverty, homelessness and despair. During a time that we are trying to show the world that we are united it is shown

In today’s society most “good fathers” are only considered a good father because they pay their Child support on time. This causes their children to not have an emotional connection with their father since he is never around because he was too busy or not in the picture. Bad interaction skills can come from this especially from a young black boy, it is imperative that a father teaches the boy certain things so he will be able to handle the oppression he will soon face from society. Black men have bad interaction skills with other individuals because they faced many people who were trying to oppress them in any form, the lack of interaction skills have made it hard for us to let our pride down and ask for assistance when necessary. Our masculinity and ego is too big to where we refuse to seek help and would rather struggle on our

A mother’s role and performance in her family structure is often under great scrutiny when it comes to sociological views as to what makes her an ideal parent. There are many different factors that contribute to the success of a mothers parenting skills. Many of these factors are not solely based on the mother’s individual skill set or personality, but might be due to her environmental surroundings. Is it safe to say that a mother’s socioeconomic status and the mother’s role in her family structure has a direct correlation to how her children might positively or negatively contribute to society? With that being said, how might being a single black mother impact this same notion? Households without the biological or legal fathers present are a growing concern in all ethnic groups in America, the situation is particularly acute in the African American community (Connor & White, 2007). Black families headed by a single mother account for slightly more than one third of black families in the United states (“The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education,” 2004). How will these same children and their mothers compare to their Caucasian counterparts? I will be looking into the role and contributions of a single black mother in the family structure and how this might aid or debilitate her children’s success within society as well as the mother herself and her impact on social progression. I will analyze this idea using a structural-functional, social-conflict and symbolic interactionism