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| a fatherless america: A Fatherless Child Tara T. Green, 2014-02-28 The impact of absent fathers on sons in the black community has been a subject for cultural critics and sociologists who often deal in anonymous data. Yet many of those sons have themselves addressed the issue in autobiographical works that form the core of African American literature. A Fatherless Child examines the impact of fatherlessness on racial and gender identity formation as seen in black men’s autobiographies and in other constructions of black fatherhood in fiction. Through these works, Tara T. Green investigates what comes of abandonment by a father and loss of a role model by probing a son’s understanding of his father’s struggles to define himself and the role of community in forming the son’s quest for self-definition in his father’s absence. Closely examining four works—Langston Hughes’s The Big Sea, Richard Wright’s Black Boy, Malcolm X’s The Autobiography of Malcolm X, and Barack Obama’s Dreams from My Father—Green portrays the intersecting experiences of generations of black men during the twentieth century both before and after the Civil Rights movement. These four men recall feeling the pressure and responsibility of caring for their mothers, resisting public displays of care, and desiring a loving, noncontentious relationship with their fathers. Feeling vulnerable to forces they may have identified as detrimental to their status as black men, they use autobiography as a tool for healing, a way to confront that vulnerability and to claim a lost power associated with their lost fathers. Through her analysis, Green emphasizes the role of community as a father-substitute in producing successful black men, the impact of fatherlessness on self-perceptions and relationships with women, and black men’s engagement with healing the pain of abandonment. She also looks at why these four men visited Africa to reclaim a cultural history and identity, showing how each developed a clearer understanding of himself as an American man of African descent. A Fatherless Child conveys important lessons relevant to current debates regarding the status of African American families in the twenty-first century. By showing us four black men of different eras, Green asks readers to consider how much any child can heal from fatherlessness to construct a positive self-image—and shows that, contrary to popular perceptions, fatherlessness need not lead to certain failure. |
| a fatherless america: Whatever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl? Jonetta Rose Barras, 2002-01-29 What happens to a little girl who grows up without a father? Can she ever feel truly loved and fully alive? Does she ever heal--or is she doomed to live a wounded, fragmented life and to pass her wounds down to her own children? Fatherlessness afflicts nearly half the households in America, and it has reached epidemic proportions in the African-American community, with especially devastating consequences for black women. In this powerful book, accomplished journalist Jonetta Rose Barras breaks the code of silence and gives voice to the experiences of America's fatherless women--starting with herself. Passionate and shockingly frank, Whatever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl? is the first book to explore the plight of America's fatherless daughters from the unique perspective of the African-American community. This brilliant volume gives all fatherless daughters the knowledge that they are not alone and the courage to overcome the hidden pain they have suffered for so long. |
| a fatherless america: Fatherless Generation John Sowers, 2010 Drawing from culture, stories, and his own personal experience, John Sowers presents the desperate reality of fatherlessness in his generation. Fatherless Generation is a hard-hitting, descriptive look at this issue, showing how awareness, compassion, and mentoring are the keys to writing new stories of hope. |
| a fatherless america: Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls T Kira Madden, 2024-07-25 'Utterly gorgeous' Lauren Groff, author of Fates and Furies 'Sad, funny, juicy and prickly with deep and secret thoughtful places' Mary Gaitskill, author of This is Pleasure _____ As a child, Madden lived a life of extravagance, from her exclusive private school to her equestrian trophies and designer shoe-brand name. But under the surface was a wild instability. The only child of parents continually battling drug and alcohol addictions, Madden confronted her environment alone. Facing a culture of assault and objectification, she found lifelines in the desperately loving friendships of fatherless girls. With unflinching honesty and lyrical prose, spanning from 1960s Hawai'i to the present-day struggle of a young woman mourning the loss of a father while unearthing truths that reframe her reality, Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls is equal parts eulogy and love letter. It's a story about trauma and forgiveness, about families of blood and affinity, both lost and found, unmade and rebuilt, crooked and beautiful. |
| a fatherless america: Church for the Fatherless Mark E. Strong, 2012-08-02 Mark Strong explains why churches are uniquely suited to become places of refuge for our nation's fatherless. From mentoring programs for dads to special ministry efforts for children, Strong gives practical ways that churches can be conformed to the image of our loving Father. |
| a fatherless america: Searching for Dad Byron Ricks, 2008-06-01 One man shares his story of growing up fatherless, the lessons it taught him, and how sons and parents can combat its side effects. Searching for Dad steps inside the mind, heart, and soul of a boy without a father. Recognizing the power of the emotional and psychological side effects of growing up fatherless will help absentee fathers, single mothers, and sons who survived a fatherless childhood understand and cope. Byron Ricks shares his story about the challenges he faced, the lessons he learned, and the man he became. He writes for fathers who do not realize the full impact their absence can have, for mothers wanting to do the best for their sons but are not sure what that is, and for men who feel empty and unattached and are not sure why. Ultimately, Searching for Dad is a book of hope, filled with illustrations about nine side effects and how fathers, mothers, and sons can forestall, minimize and even reverse them. Growing up fatherless may be the condition; healing is the possibility. |
| a fatherless america: Fathering the Fatherless Todd Johnson, 2019-11-15 Fathering the Fatherless is a tale dealing with the growing epidemic of fatherless homes. Todd talks about the traumatic effects this has on children and how we can help. Get in touch with Todd. Know more about the Book. Visit: Bookweat-Todd Johnson; Twitter-@tjsdjservice; Reddit-fatheringthefather7; Facebook Page-Fathering the Fatherless Book; Instagram-@fatheringthefatherless; Good Reads-Todd Johnson; Pinterest-Fathering The Fatherless and https://fatheringthefather.wixsite.com/mysite |
| a fatherless america: Faith of the Fatherless Paul C. Vitz, 2013-09-10 In this updated, expanded edition, starting with Freud's projection theory of religion - that belief in God is merely a product of man's desire for security - Professor Vitz argues that psychoanalysis actually provides a more satisfying explanation for atheism. Disappointment in one's earthly father, whether through death, absence, or mistreatment, frequently leads to a rejection of God. A biographical survey of influential atheists of the past four centuries shows that this defective father hypothesis provides a consistent explanation of the intense atheism of these thinkers. A survey of the leading defenders of Christianity over the same period confirms the hypothesis, finding few defective fathers. Vitz concludes with an intriguing comparison of male and female atheists and a consideration of other psychological factors that can contribute to atheism. Professor Vitz does not argue that atheism is psychologically determined. Each man, whatever his experiences, ultimately chooses to accept God or reject him. Yet the cavalier attribution of religious faith to irrational, psychological needs is so prevalent that an exposition of the psychological factors predisposing one to atheism is necessary. |
| a fatherless america: From Fatherless to Fatherhood Omar Epps, 2018 Having grown up without his biological father, then becoming a father himself, Epps shares an intimate, unapologetic, and emotional conversation about childhood, manhood, and parenting. Chronicling his journey from humble beginnings in Brooklyn, New York, to the bright lights of Hollywood, Epps touches on many themes surrounding the importance of family and community. He shows how men can break the cycle of fatherlessness within their families, and come to terms with their own issues surrounding their fathers. -- adapted from back cover |
| a fatherless america: On Our Own Melissa Ludtke, 1999-03-31 Ludtke brings the voices of women having children on their own into a public debate from which these voices have been conspicuously absent. Interweaving their voices with her own savvy and intuitive commentary, she has written a vitally important book.—Carol Gilligan, author of In a Different Voice |
| a fatherless america: The Future of Marriage David Blankenhorn, 2007-11-01 The idea of this book began in a conversation David Blankenhorn had with the president of Freedom to Marry, a group advocating equal marriage rights for same-sex couples. This man asked Blankenhorn, a leading figure in the “marriage movement,” to endorse his group’s objectives. Feeling a bit defensive, Blankenhorn replied, “Every child deserves a mother and a father.” The Future of Marriage is the result of that conversation. In their current demands, Blankenhorn points out, gay and lesbian leaders are not asking for marriage with an adjective in front of it, but marriage itself. So in that sense, what marriage is and why it matters is ultimately what this debate is all about. What exactly is this institution to which gay and lesbian activists are seeking access? Why do we have it in the first place? Where did it come from? What is it for? How is it changing? These are some of the hard questions The Future of Marriage confronts. David Blankenhorn says that if same sex marriage debate is to be “redemptive rather than merely divisive,” it must accept the principle that all persons are equal in dignity. But it must also help us to rediscover and renew marriage as the main protector of our children and our primary social institution. |
| a fatherless america: What Daddy Didn't Know Lance Brazelton, Brenda Darcel Harris-Lee, 2016-04-01 What Daddy Didn't Know (The Letters of a Fatherless Child), is an autobiography by Lance Brazelton, a twenty one-year-old African-American with a talent for arts. The story is about how he overcame his childhood trauma while on the verge of becoming a statistic. According to the United States Census Bureau, 24 million children in America (one out of every three) live in biological father-absent homes. Statistics prove that fatherless children are at a higher risk of: incarceration, suicide, teen pregnancy, dropping out of high school, committing crimes, and running away from home. The story is told through letters written to his biological father; and the letters are written out of the inspiration of poems and songs he has written throughout his lifetime. Brazelton highlights the moments in his life when a father figure was needed the most, and stresses how decisions were most important in his adolescent years. |
| a fatherless america: Holler If You Hear Me Michael Eric Dyson, 2006-09-05 Acclaimed for his writings on Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as his passionate defense of black youth culture, Michael Eric Dyson has emerged as the leading African American intellectual of his generation. Now Dyson turns his attention to one of the most enigmatic figures of the past decade: the slain hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur. Five years after his murder, Tupac remains a widely celebrated, deeply loved, and profoundly controversial icon among black youth. Viewed by many as a black James Dean, he has attained cult status partly due to the posthumous release of several albums, three movies, and a collection of poetry. But Tupac endures primarily because of the devotion of his loyal followers, who have immortalized him through tributes, letters, songs, and celebrations, many in cyberspace. Dyson helps us to understand why a twenty-five-year-old rapper, activist, poet, actor, and alleged sex offender looms even larger in death than he did in life. With his trademark skills of critical thinking and storytelling, Dyson examines Tupac's hold on black youth, assessing the ways in which different elements of his persona-thug, confused prophet, fatherless child-are both vital and destructive. At once deeply personal and sharply analytical, Dyson's book offers a wholly original way of looking at Tupac Shakur that will thrill those who already love the artist and enlighten those who want to understand him. In the tradition of jazz saxophonists John Coltrane and Charlie Parker, Dyson riffs with speed, eloquence, bawdy humor, and startling truths that have the effect of hitting you like a Mack truck.-San Francisco Examiner Such is the genius of Dyson. He flows freely from the profound to the profane, from popular culture to classical literature. -- Washington Postbr Philadelphia Inquirer Among the young black intellectuals to emerge since the demise of the civil rights movement -- undoubtedly the most insightful and thought-provoking is Michael Eric Dyson. -- Manning Marable, Director of African American Studies, Columbia University |
| a fatherless america: Project Fatherhood Jorja Leap, 2016-06-07 A group of former gang members come together to help one another answer the question “How can I be a good father when I’ve never had one?” In 2010, former gang leader turned community activist Big Mike Cummings asked UCLA gang expert Jorja Leap to co-lead a group of men struggling to be better fathers in Watts, South Los Angeles, a neighborhood long burdened with a legacy of racialized poverty, violence, and incarceration. These men, black and brown, from late adolescence to middle age, are trying to heal themselves and their community, and above all to build their identities as fathers. Each week, they come together to help one another answer the question “How can I be a good father when I’ve never had one?” Project Fatherhood follows the lives of the men as they struggle with the pain of their own losses, the chronic pressures of poverty and unemployment, and the unquenchable desire to do better and provide more for the next generation. Although the group begins as a forum for them to discuss issues relating to their roles as parents, it slowly grows to mean much more: it becomes a place where they can share jokes and traumatic experiences, joys and sorrows. As the men repair their own lives and gain confidence, the group also becomes a place for them to plan and carry out activities to help the Watts community grow as well as thrive. By immersing herself in the lived experiences of those working to overcome their circumstances, Leap not only dramatically illustrates the realities of fathers trying to do the right thing, but she also paints a larger sociological portrait of how institutional injustices become manifest in the lives of ordinary people. At a time in which racial justice seems more elusive than ever—stymied by the generational cycles of mass incarceration and the cradle-to-prison pipeline—the group’s development over time demonstrates real-life movement toward solutions as the men help one another make their families and their community stronger. |
| a fatherless america: The Fatherless Daughter Project Denna Babul RN, Karin Luise, 2016-06-07 “This groundbreaking work will give voice to an enormous population of women who are struggling to understand themselves in the face of their fathers’ absence.” —Claire Bidwell Smith, author of The Rules of Inheritance and After This When Motherless Daughters was published 20 years ago, it unleashed a tsunami of healing awareness. When Denna Babul and Karin Smithson couldn't find the equivalent book for fatherlessness, The Fatherless Daughter Project was born. The book will set fatherless women on the path to growth and fulfillment by helping them to understand how their loss has impacted their lives. A father is supposed to provide a sense of security and stability. Losing a father comes with particular costs that vary depending on the way he left and how old a girl was when she lost him. Drawing on interviews with over 5000 women who became fatherless due to death, divorce, neglect, and outright abandonment, the authors have found that fatherless daughters tend to push their emotions underground. These issues in turn become distinct patterns in their relationships as adult women and they often can't figure out why. Delivered with compassion and expertise, this book allows readers support and understanding they never had when they first needed it, and it encourages the conversation to continue. |
| a fatherless america: My Father Left Me Ireland Michael Brendan Dougherty, 2019-04-30 The perfect gift for parents this Father’s Day: a beautiful, gut-wrenching memoir of Irish identity, fatherhood, and what we owe to the past. “A heartbreaking and redemptive book, written with courage and grace.” –J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy “…a lovely little book.” –Ross Douthat, The New York Times The child of an Irish man and an Irish-American woman who split up before he was born, Michael Brendan Dougherty grew up with an acute sense of absence. He was raised in New Jersey by his hard-working single mother, who gave him a passion for Ireland, the land of her roots and the home of Michael's father. She put him to bed using little phrases in the Irish language, sang traditional songs, and filled their home with a romantic vision of a homeland over the horizon. Every few years, his father returned from Dublin for a visit, but those encounters were never long enough. Devastated by his father's departures, Michael eventually consoled himself by believing that fatherhood was best understood as a check in the mail. Wearied by the Irish kitsch of the 1990s, he began to reject his mother's Irish nationalism as a romantic myth. Years later, when Michael found out that he would soon be a father himself, he could no longer afford to be jaded; he would need to tell his daughter who she is and where she comes from. He immediately re-immersed himself in the biographies of firebrands like Patrick Pearse and studied the Irish language. And he decided to reconnect with the man who had left him behind, and the nation just over the horizon. He began writing letters to his father about what he remembered, missed, and longed for. Those letters would become this book. Along the way, Michael realized that his longings were shared by many Americans of every ethnicity and background. So many of us these days lack a clear sense of our cultural origins or even a vocabulary for expressing this lack--so we avoid talking about our roots altogether. As a result, the traditional sense of pride has started to feel foreign and dangerous; we've become great consumers of cultural kitsch, but useless conservators of our true history. In these deeply felt and fascinating letters, Dougherty goes beyond his family's story to share a fascinating meditation on the meaning of identity in America. |
| a fatherless america: White Guilt Shelby Steele, 2009-10-13 Not unlike some of Ralph Ellison’s or Richard Wright’s best work. White Guilt, a serious meditation on vital issues, deserves a wide readership.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer In 1955 the killers of Emmett Till, a black Mississippi youth, were acquitted because they were white. Forty years later, despite the strong DNA evidence against him, accused murderer O. J. Simpson went free after his attorney portrayed him as a victim of racism. The age of white supremacy has given way to an age of white guilt—and neither has been good for African Americans. Through articulate analysis and engrossing recollections, acclaimed race relations scholar Shelby Steele sounds a powerful call for a new culture of personal responsibility. |
| a fatherless america: The Time Cure Philip Zimbardo, Richard Sword, Rosemary Sword, 2012-10-02 In his landmark book, The Time Paradox, internationally known psychologist Philip Zimbardo showed that we can transform the way we think about our past, present, and future to attain greater success in work and in life. Now, in The Time Cure, Zimbardo has teamed with clinicians Richard and Rosemary Sword to reveal a groundbreaking approach that helps those living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to shift their time perspectives and move beyond the traumatic past toward a more positive future. Time Perspective Therapy switches the focus from past to present, from negative to positive, clearing the pathway for the best yet to come: the future. It helps PTSD sufferers pull their feet out of the quicksand of past traumas and step firmly on the solid ground of the present, allowing them to take a step forward into a brighter future. Rather than viewing PTSD as a mental illness the authors see it as a mental injury—a normal reaction to traumatic events—and offer those suffering from PTSD the healing balm of hope. The Time Cure lays out the step-by-step process of Time Perspective Therapy, which has proven effective for a wide range of individuals, from veterans to survivors of abuse, accidents, assault, and neglect. Rooted in psychological research, the book also includes a wealth of vivid and inspiring stories from real-life PTSD sufferers—effective for individuals seeking self-help, their loved ones, therapists and counselors, or anyone who wants to move forward to a brighter future. |
| a fatherless america: All In Josh Levs, 2015-05-12 When journalist Josh Levs was denied fair parental leave by his employer after his child was born, he fought back—and won. Since then, he’s become an advocate for modern families and working fathers. In All In, he explores the changing face of fatherhood and what it means for our individual lives, families, workplaces, and society. Fatherhood today is far different from previous generations. Stay-at-home dads are increasingly common, and growing numbers of men are working part-time or flextime schedules to spend more time with their children. Even the traditional breadwinner-dad is being transformed. Dads today are more emotionally and physically involved on the home front. They are “all in” and—like mothers—they are struggling with work-life balance and doing it all. Journalist and “dad columnist” Josh Levs explains that despite these unprecedented changes, our laws, corporate policies, and gender-based expectations in the workplace remain rigid. They are preventing both women and men from living out the equality we believe in—and hurting businesses in the process. Women have done a great job of speaking out about this, Levs—whose fight for parental leave made front page news across the country—argues. It’s now time for men to join in. Combining Levs’ personal experiences with investigative reporting and frank conversations with fathers about everything from work life to money to sex, All In busts popular myths, lays out facts, uncovers the forces holding all of us back, and shows how we can all join together to change them. |
| a fatherless america: Childless James Dobson, Kurt Bruner, 2013-10-01 The second installment in the riveting new trilogy from Dr. James Dobson and Kurt Bruner transports readers to a not-too-distant future when the young and healthy strain under the burden of a rapidly aging population. Everyone is nervous about how Judge Victor Santiago will rule. The case involved the tragic demise of a loving mother and her disabled son. A common medical procedure has somehow created havoc across the legal and economic landscape. The president's popular Youth Initiative is losing momentum. Political and economic fortunes are at stake. That's why someone, somewhere, would rather put the judge in his grave than risk a wrong decision. Tyler Cain, a once respected police detective turned sleazy private investigator, has been pulled into the middle of events way above his pay grade. He hopes the case will restore some measure of dignity. But does he have what it takes to find the potential assassin before time runs out? He seeks help from Julia Davidson, a newly married journalist, who finds herself torn between the influence she craves and the husband she loves. She wants significance. But he wants a child. In Fatherless, Dr. James Dobson and Kurt Bruner depicted a time in which present-day trends come to sinister fruition. This eagerly awaited follow-up vividly imagines what happens when the abiding joys of parenthood are exchanged for the gradual deterioration of a CHILDLESS world. |
| a fatherless america: Please Don't Come Back from the Moon Dean Bakopoulos, 2006 In this haunting debut novel, Michael Smolij and his friends are unable to leave the blue-collar Detroit neighborhoods abandoned by their fathers. They stumble through their teens into their 20s until the restlessness of the fathers blooms in them, threatening to carry them away. |
| a fatherless america: Fatherless Harold Troyer, 2021-04-15 Fatherless is the story of the author's wife Larissa and her mother as they grew up in Ukraine in the waning years of communism. This story vividly portrays the pain and bondage of a life of sin. It also points to the One who can free usfrom that bondage-the God in heaven who is a Father to all who seek Him, even the fatherless. |
| a fatherless america: Left in America Sally Salas, 2015-06-01 You are 14 years old, your parents just left you in a foreign country, illegal, no money, few family relations, and in the 10th largest city in America. You Have Been LEFT IN AMERICA. Today, America has over 300,000 illegal children who have been brought to America before they were 16 years old. Many of the parents of these children were forced to leave America, but left their children here. As a Christian, what do you think Jesus would want you to do for these children? |
| a fatherless america: The Selfish America Gregory Ransaw, 2016-07-28 America today is a shadow of what it once was. Over the past forty years, people have turned away from God and instead accepted the flawed view that morality is subjective and personal. As a country, we have discarded the idea that there is an absolute right and an absolute wrong. This is spread through our universities, where students learn only the scientific perspective without completing their education in religion and morality. This has created untold social problems, from the 2008 market crash to the widespread abuse of drugs and alcohol. The Selfish America looks closely at the transcendent reality of absolute morality and how it can be used to reestablish the word of God in our country. With these steps, we can save America and reestablish our moral foundations. This can only be done through acknowledging that there is a transcendent physical reality, a transcendent intellectual reality, and a transcendent moral reality in God. |
| a fatherless america: Growing Up Fatherless Mike Nappa, 2003 This compassionate guide for adults who grew up fatherless shows how to heal the void by looking to and learning from the heavenly Father. |
| a fatherless america: Disturbing the Nest David Popenoe, 2020-10-14 Disturbing the Nest assesses the future of the family as an institution through an historical and comparative analysis of the nature, causes, and social implications of family change in advanced western societies such as the United States, New Zealand, and Switzerland by focusing on the one society in which family decline is found to be the greatest, Sweden. The founding of the modern Swedish welfare state was based in large part on the belief that it was necessary for the state to intervene in society in order to improve the situation of the family. Of great concern was the low birthrate, which was seen as a threat to the very survival of Swedes as a national population group. The Social Democrats pioneered welfare measures that aimed to strengthen the family, to alleviate its worst trials and tribulations, and to make possible harmonious living. With the Social Democrats remaining in power continuously until 1976, a period of almost forty-five years, Sweden went on to implement governmental family policies that are among the most comprehensive (and expensive) in the world. In view of this major policy goal of family improvement, the actual situation of the Swedish family today presents a genuine irony; some have claimed that Swedish welfare state policies have had consequences that are the opposite of those originally intended. Comparing contemporary Swedish family patterns with those of other advanced nations, one finds a very high family dissolution rate, probably the highest in the Western world, and a high percentage of single-parent, female headed families. Even marriage seems to have fallen increasingly out of favor, with Sweden having the lowest marriage rate and latest age of first marriage, and the highest rate of children born out-of-wedlock. The early pronatalist aspirations of the Swedish government have been spectacularly unsuccessful, as Sweden continues to have one of the world's lowest birthrates and smallest average family sizes. |
| a fatherless america: The Boy Crisis Warren Farrell, John Gray, 2018-03-13 What is the boy crisis? It's a crisis of education. Worldwide, boys are 50 percent less likely than girls to meet basic proficiency in reading, math, and science. It's a crisis of mental health. ADHD is on the rise. And as boys become young men, their suicide rates go from equal to girls to six times that of young women. It's a crisis of fathering. Boys are growing up with less-involved fathers and are more likely to drop out of school, drink, do drugs, become delinquent, and end up in prison. It's a crisis of purpose. Boys' old sense of purpose—being a warrior, a leader, or a sole breadwinner—are fading. Many bright boys are experiencing a purpose void, feeling alienated, withdrawn, and addicted to immediate gratification. So, what is The Boy Crisis? A comprehensive blueprint for what parents, teachers, and policymakers can do to help our sons become happier, healthier men, and fathers and leaders worthy of our respect. |
| a fatherless america: Voices of the Fatherless Percy Kennedy, 2021-01-17 Letter written by incarcerated dads to addressing how fatherlessness has impacted their life and words of encouragement to the next generation. These letter are aimed break generational incarceration and the school to prison pipeline. |
| a fatherless america: America's Fathers and Public Policy Nancy A. Crowell, Ethel M. Leeper, 1994 Presents the full text of America's Fathers and Public Policy: Report of a Workshop, edited by Nancy A. Crowell and Ethel M. Leeper. Lists committee members and workshop participants and notes acknowledgments. Remarks that the Board on Children and Families convened the workshop, America's Fathers: Abiding and Emerging Roles in Family and Economic Support Policies, held in Washington, D.C., on September 26-28, 1993. Notes that the main topics of discussion centered around child support, teenage fathers, fathers of disabled children, and inner-city poor fathers. The Report from the workshop examines such topics as economic support, barriers and incentives to involvement, and public policy regarding fathers' rights. Contains a bibliography, a list of references and suggested directions for research, and the workshop's agenda. Links to the home pages of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the National Academy Press (NAP), as well as to other reports. |
| a fatherless america: Motherless Brian J. Gail, 2011-06 Brian J. Gail has written another heart pounding, page turner of a novel for Catholics who are straining to hear their Church's voice in what Pope John Paul II called the final confrontation between the Church and the anti Church, the Gospel and the anti Gospel. Motherless takes the reader on a riveting behind-the-scenes journey around the globe to the boardrooms and laboratories where the architects of The Life Sciences Revolution are preparing Mankind's Final Solution ... and into the confessionals and chanceries where the Church's response is being challenged. Father John Sweeney, pastor of a small catholic parish on Philadelphia's storied Main Line, is drawn into an apocalyptic vortex through the lives of parishioners Maggie Kealey, Michael Burns and Joe Delgado. Without warning they are ushered through the back door of the Revolution where they discover human embryos being created in laboratories and frozen in cryogenic freezers for a global black market. It is, however, when the Revolution's ultimate destination is revealed to one of the three that Fr. Sweeney is faced with his greatest test as a pastor guiding a soul to the Christian accountability to truth even in the face of potentially deadly consequences. In Motherless, best selling catholic author Brian J. Gail has created another spellbinding narrative that explores the ever more slippery slope of Man's technology and its existential threat to family and church. As in Fatherless, Gail's transcendent storytelling, scintillating dialogue and richly interwoven sub plots will leave readers breathless and hungry for more. |
| a fatherless america: The New Guy Code Tony A. Gaskins (Jr.), 2013-06-01 Manhood is much more complex than we've been told. What is a real man? What is the role of a man in a relationship? What are the effects of a fatherless society? What can we do about it? This book covers manhood like it's never been covered before. The time is now that men accept responsibility and become better men!--Publisher's description. |
| a fatherless america: Childless Brian J. Gail, 2011 Childless is the third volume of the author's trilogy begun with Fatherless and Motherless. |
| a fatherless america: Anarchafeminism Chiara Bottici, 2021-11-18 How can we be sure the oppressed do not become oppressors in their turn? How can we create a feminism that doesn't turn into yet another tool for oppression? It has become commonplace to argue that, in order to fight the subjugation of women, we have to unpack the ways different forms of oppression intersect with one another: class, race, gender, sexuality, disability, and ecology, to name only a few. By arguing that there is no single factor, or arche, explaining the oppression of women, Chiara Bottici proposes a radical anarchafeminist philosophy inspired by two major claims: that there is something specific to the oppression of women, and that, in order to fight that, we need to untangle all other forms of oppression and the anthropocentrism they inhabit. Anarchism needs feminism to address the continued subordination of all femina, but feminism needs anarchism if it does not want to become the privilege of a few. Anarchafeminism calls for a decolonial and deimperial position and for a renewed awareness of the somatic communism connecting all different life forms on the planet. In this new revolutionary vision, feminism does not mean the liberation of the lucky few, but liberation for all living creatures from both capitalist exploitation and an androcentric politics of domination. Either all or none of us will be free. |
| a fatherless america: Fatherless Brian J. Gail, 2011-02-01 Called a book of the century, powerful, gripping, deeply moving, hauntingly beautiful, masterfully done, a must read and a freight train page turner! An intensely human tour of the great spiritual battles in the US Catholic church during the late 20th century. Brian Gail takes us out into the trenches and shows what life was like for Catholics good and bad during this critical time. This book is a great opportunity for Catholics to take hold of who they really are. Meticulously researched, brilliantly crafted, Fatherless takes the reader on an unforgettable journey inside Fortune 500 boardrooms and Madison Avenue screening rooms, behind one-way mirrors in America's heartland and two-way screens in church confessionals, to the very peak of Ireland's highest mountain and inside the papal dining room of John Paul II in Rome. It is the searing journey to the center of conscience, however, that marks Fatherless as the signature Catholic novel of its generation. In its pages we meet flesh and blood characters - noble and flawed, driven and seeking; each struggling to achieve the American Dream ... discovering instead a uniquely American nightmare. How each confronts the reality of ethical and moral dilemmas - while struggling to balance faith, family, and career - goes to the very heart of the Catholic experience in America in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. This is a tale you will never forget. |
| a fatherless america: Fatherless Daughters Pamela Thomas, 2009-08-18 Thomas offers a moving, elegantly written book about what it means to lose a father to death or divorce, with advice for fatherless daughters on how to cope. |
| a fatherless america: The Affirmation Crisis Randy Hix, 2018-08-28 There is an Affirmation Crisis. It is the result of fatherlessness. Generations have grown up without a father. Whether physically or emotionally absent, it leaves in the child a wound of absence. Fatherlessness has become a major social problem in America, even an epidemic, with approximately 50% of children under the age of 18 not living in the same home as their biological father. It has been documented in many ways and, yet it is a secret hidden in plain view. Over the last fifty years the family has been under attack. Concepts and opinions concerning the family have changed and a new perception of family has emerged. Much of the destruction of the family has been popularized and normalized through the media and arts and entertainment. The large percentage of marriages that end in divorce and the increasing trend of out of wedlock births, seems to have contributed to a widespread belief that being a single parent is somehow a noble venture, and that the father is unimportant to raising children. There are indeed many exceptional single parents. But these are the exceptions to the rule as statistics prove.It is as if there were a systematic scheme in the works to destroy our society by using progressive cultural engineering. The influence of popular approaches to the family in the media, that rejects traditional and biblical norms of family construction, is creating a confused, depressed, and fractured population. Men and women with a confused self-identity and self-confidence are the product of this fatherlessness epidemic and this affirmation crisis.Today, after over a hundred years of cultural fatherlessness, we have seen multiple generations who have grown up without the father’s emotional and often physical influence and support. Combine that with two world wars, economic challenges, media influence, rising divorce rates, sexual identity conflict, and you are left with a generation of wandering fatherless children. Many of these fatherless children are wounded adults who continue to live their lives not knowing that they are suffering from the wound of absence referred to as the “father wound.”The “father wound” in short is the absence of the emotional blessing that only the father can provide to the child. One of the major responsibilities of the father is the modeling and impartation of true fatherhood. A father is the God given instrument that identifies the child as well as gives the child a sense of self and self-confidence. This is true for both men and women. Every young man is waiting for his father to tell him he has what it takes. Every young woman is waiting for a father to show her that she is beautiful and worthy to be pursued and protected. Every young man looks to his father for affirmation and identity. Every young girl is looking to the father for her identity and affirmation as a woman.The father identifies the child. The father calls forth the masculine in the son and the femininity of the daughter. Without this essential input from Dad, the boy struggles to see himself as a man and the girl struggles to identify as a woman. Their spirit cries out for a father to save them.Our fathers have a special role to play in our discovery of who we are in life. This is why a father telling his child a statement like You'll never amount to anything has such a devastating effect. On the other hand, a father who lovingly affirms his child is giving him a solid foundation towards developing into a healthy, well-adjusted adult.In ‘The Affirmation Crisis’ Pastor, Teacher and Missionary, Randy Hix details the serious impact this fatherlessness epidemic is having on our society and individuals. Randy explains our Heavenly Father’s original plan for the family and how to receive the needed affirmation and healing needed to mend the wounded heart |
| a fatherless america: The Dad Book Jay Payleitner, 2015-04-01 Younger dad, older dad, in-the-middle dad...who couldn't use an easy-access volume of pick-me-up ideas and inspirations called The Dad Book? Especially when it includes entries like aardvarks, Hollywood, and waffles? Though the science of raising children remains a mystery, Jay Payleitner, bestselling author of 52 Things Kids Need from a Dad and veteran dadmeister of five grown kids, will spark new ideas with fresh suggestions for engaging your kids dad-to-dad humor that will lift to your perspective reminders that God's in the fathering trenches with you ways to teach your kids by showing them instead of telling them encouragement to connect your kids with the God who knows you and them inside out...and thinks you're all terrific You'll get a big confidence boost from Jay's straightforward, man-friendly advice. A terrific way to lift your outlook above the fray and help you build lifelong positives into your family! |
| a fatherless america: As the Family Goes D. James Kennedy, Jerry Newcombe, 2003-06-29 CHARLES AND DORIS HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR ABOUT ten years, and for them it seemed like ten years too long. When Charles came home, he would slip in the back door, and his wife would be working in the kitchen. She was always surprised to see him, and would say, “Oh, are you home already?” He said it always sounded like what she really meant was, “Don’t tell me you’re home already.” And he always felt as though he’d done something wrong just by coming home. Then he would go and greet his children, but it always seemed that he stepped between them and the TV set at the wrong moment. The only one who seemed happy to see him was his little dog, Susie. So he would pick up the dog and go outside and pet her. Charles felt like stomping his feet and saying, “Doesn’t anybody care? Isn’t anybody glad to see me?” But he was a gentleman, so he didn’t stomp his feet. He just let these moments pass. But the resentment grew. |
| a fatherless america: The Power of Dadhood Michael Smith, 2015-04-28 The Power of Dadhood encourages men to father with the knowledge that they are vitally important to the futures of their children. National speaker Michael Byron Smith discusses the implications of a fatherless home, the challenges of parenting, and the hierarchy of fathers. There are absent fathers, present yet uninvolved fathers, authoritative fathers, loving fathers, teaching fathers, and many more. Any man, through The Power of Dadhood, can assess himself, see where he stands, and make choices to become a real Dad and find the power of Dadhood! |
| a fatherless america: Focus on the Future Tim Clinton, 2021 FOREWORD BY JAMES DOBSON The future is bright, victories are destined, and great things await the faithful who prepare. This book will equip you to protect your family, your society, and your convictions in a world that increasingly challenges your Christian faith. Tim Clinton an eminent American counselor and associate of the revered James Dobson, believes this moment in American history is a reprieve. It is a moment to take stock. It is a moment to prepare. It is a moment to focus on the future. We must know the season we are in and prepare to maximize our opportunities as we engage in the cultural battles that are sure to befall us. In his stirring new book, Focus on the Future, Clinton provides a learned overview of our embattled liberties, the intents of our Founding Fathers, and the heroic efforts of individuals such as Dobson to preserve those intentions. Clinton arms readers for the days ahead by tackling topics such as the following: The new war on the American family and how we can change America one family at a time The power of righteous masculinity and the forces determined to destroy it The battle against abortion How neuroscience is changing our approach to healing the traumatized, our veterans, and our society as a whole Clinton is not just a wise counselor. He is also a warrior summoning other warriors to their great cause. He challenges readers by chronicling the global persecution of the Christian faith and by telling believers how they can make a difference. Focus on the Future is both a culmination of decades of learning and activism as well as a cutting-edge response to today's events. We can indeed have vital families in a thriving nation and see righteousness pervade our land. |
Fatherlessness and its effects on American society - America …
Sadly, fatherless families are four times more likely to raise children in poverty (U.S. Census Bureau, 2020), and research suggests that 84% of homeless families are headed by women …
The Facts on Fatherlessness
Fatherlessness is a growing problem all over the Western world. Whether caused by divorce and broken families or by deliberate single parenting, more and more children grow up without …
Statistics on Fatherlessness
• 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (US Dept. Of Health/Census) – 5 times the average. • 90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes – 32 times the …
Turning the Corner on Father Absence In Black America
First, what are the best ways to support the growing fatherhood movement in the African American community — a movement that is relatively ignored by the national media, but which …
Why Absent Fathers Harm Children and Ruin Society
David Blankenhorn, Fatherless America Families are microcosms of society. Strong and stable families contribute to social flourishing, while dysfunctional families push society in the direction …
Presents FACTS F IN C 2023 Edition - saveus.org
According to the National Center for Fathering, 72% of the U.S. population (per the Fathering in America poll), say “fatherlessness is the most significant family or social problem facing America.”
Effects of Fatherlessness on Children’s Development
Issue: In the United States, 1 in 3 children live in a fatherless home.1 Children deprived of a father are robbed of physical, emotional, intellectual, and economic benefits throughout their lifetime. …
Statistics on Fatherless Children in America - schurzhs.org
Feb 11, 2013 · There is no question that children who grow up in fatherless homes have a much greater risk of major challenges in life than those who grow up with a father at home. These …
FAITH & rEASON - Christendom Media
of fatherlessness in contemporary America. Blankenhorn rejects the basic answer offered by the mainstream progressive academic establishment, which argues that socio-economic structural …
Fatherless America Confronting Our Most Urgent Social …
Fatherless America Confronting Our Most Urgent Social Problem: Fatherless America David Blankenhorn,1995-02-08 With passion and precision Fatherless America demonstrates that …
CENTER FOR OPPORTUNITY NOW - America First Policy
Across America, there are approximately 18.3 million children who live without a father in the home, comprising about 1 in 4 US children (Father Absence Statistics). The United States has …
Revisiting paternal absence in America in 20th century
Blankenhorn refers that American family on its way to a Fatherless family. To expose the absent role of fathers in the twentieth century, the reader should know how is a father on previous …
The Facts on Fatherlessness - Dads4Kids
Fatherlessness is a growing problem all over the Western world. Whether caused by divorce and broken families or by deliberate single parenting, more and more children grow up without …
Blankenhorn, David. 1995. Fatherless America: Confronting …
Fatherless America: Confronting our Most Urgent Social Problems. New York, Basic Books, 328 p.] Lien social et Politiques, (37), 177–177. https://doi.org/10.7202/017738ar
Introduction A Fathering Crisis - Religious Studies Center
Elizabeth Stuart reported that one-third of American children are growing up without their biological father in the home. According to the US Census Bureau, during the past fifty years, …
Jack Brewer | August 25, 2022 - America First Policy
Fatherless children are six times more likely to live in poverty and commit criminal acts than children raised in dual-parent households. Approximately 85% of children with behavioral …
Fathers Matter – Pass It On - americafirstpolicy.com
runaway children come from fatherless homes. 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes. 85% of children who exhibit behavior disorders are from fatherless homes . 70% of juveniles in …
FATHER (LESS) FIGURES - Center of the American Experiment
In his 2021 article, “Fatherless Homes May Be America’s No. 1 Problem,” Dr. Tom Snyder concludes, “A child raised without a father is ¿ve times more likely to commit crime and be …
The Facts on Fatherlessness - Dads4Kids
America: Fatherlessness is the most harmful demographic trend of this generation.3 Another expert puts it this way: There exists today no greater single threat to the long-term well- being …
Fatherhood and Crime - America First Policy
Fatherless children are more likely to suffer from psychosocial development issues, live in poverty, drop out of school, engage in school violence, abuse substances, and enter the juvenile justice …
Fatherlessness and its effects on American society - America …
Sadly, fatherless families are four times more likely to raise children in poverty (U.S. Census Bureau, 2020), and research suggests that 84% of homeless families are headed by women (ACOG, 2021).
The Facts on Fatherlessness
Fatherlessness is a growing problem all over the Western world. Whether caused by divorce and broken families or by deliberate single parenting, more and more children grow up without …
Statistics on Fatherlessness
• 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (US Dept. Of Health/Census) – 5 times the average. • 90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes – 32 times the …
Turning the Corner on Father Absence In Black America
First, what are the best ways to support the growing fatherhood movement in the African American community — a movement that is relatively ignored by the national media, but which is …
Why Absent Fathers Harm Children and Ruin Society
David Blankenhorn, Fatherless America Families are microcosms of society. Strong and stable families contribute to social flourishing, while dysfunctional families push society in the direction …
Presents FACTS F IN C 2023 Edition - saveus.org
According to the National Center for Fathering, 72% of the U.S. population (per the Fathering in America poll), say “fatherlessness is the most significant family or social problem facing America.”
Effects of Fatherlessness on Children’s Development
Issue: In the United States, 1 in 3 children live in a fatherless home.1 Children deprived of a father are robbed of physical, emotional, intellectual, and economic benefits throughout their lifetime. …
Statistics on Fatherless Children in America - schurzhs.org
Feb 11, 2013 · There is no question that children who grow up in fatherless homes have a much greater risk of major challenges in life than those who grow up with a father at home. These …
FAITH & rEASON - Christendom Media
of fatherlessness in contemporary America. Blankenhorn rejects the basic answer offered by the mainstream progressive academic establishment, which argues that socio-economic structural …
Fatherless America Confronting Our Most Urgent Social …
Fatherless America Confronting Our Most Urgent Social Problem: Fatherless America David Blankenhorn,1995-02-08 With passion and precision Fatherless America demonstrates that …
CENTER FOR OPPORTUNITY NOW - America First Policy
Across America, there are approximately 18.3 million children who live without a father in the home, comprising about 1 in 4 US children (Father Absence Statistics). The United States has the …
Revisiting paternal absence in America in 20th century
Blankenhorn refers that American family on its way to a Fatherless family. To expose the absent role of fathers in the twentieth century, the reader should know how is a father on previous centuries …
The Facts on Fatherlessness - Dads4Kids
Fatherlessness is a growing problem all over the Western world. Whether caused by divorce and broken families or by deliberate single parenting, more and more children grow up without …
Blankenhorn, David. 1995. Fatherless America: Confronting …
Fatherless America: Confronting our Most Urgent Social Problems. New York, Basic Books, 328 p.] Lien social et Politiques, (37), 177–177. https://doi.org/10.7202/017738ar
Introduction A Fathering Crisis - Religious Studies Center
Elizabeth Stuart reported that one-third of American children are growing up without their biological father in the home. According to the US Census Bureau, during the past fifty years, the …
Jack Brewer | August 25, 2022 - America First Policy
Fatherless children are six times more likely to live in poverty and commit criminal acts than children raised in dual-parent households. Approximately 85% of children with behavioral disorders have …
Fathers Matter – Pass It On - americafirstpolicy.com
runaway children come from fatherless homes. 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes. 85% of children who exhibit behavior disorders are from fatherless homes . 70% of juveniles in …
FATHER (LESS) FIGURES - Center of the American Experiment
In his 2021 article, “Fatherless Homes May Be America’s No. 1 Problem,” Dr. Tom Snyder concludes, “A child raised without a father is ¿ve times more likely to commit crime and be poor, nine times …
The Facts on Fatherlessness - Dads4Kids
America: Fatherlessness is the most harmful demographic trend of this generation.3 Another expert puts it this way: There exists today no greater single threat to the long-term well- being of …
Fatherhood and Crime - America First Policy
Fatherless children are more likely to suffer from psychosocial development issues, live in poverty, drop out of school, engage in school violence, abuse substances, and enter the juvenile justice …
