Essays on Fathering

Literature Review

Prevalence of Absent Fathers In the United States, the number of absentee fathers has been increasing. Whether this trend is due to factors such as work, divorce, out-of-wedlock births, never-married mothers, incarceration, or new family dynamics like changing gender roles in the family, it is known that fatherless children experience much high risk factors than their peers. According to the National Center for Fathering (2016), in the United States there are an estimated 24.7 million children living without their biological fathers. In the 1960’s only 5.3% of children were born out-of-wedlock, in 2010 that percent has risen to ...

In exploring the function of touch in the field of improving child/infant has been neglected. This is because of the theory developed by John Bowlby, which has gone on to focus on the actual need for an infant to attain a tight and unbreakable attachment to its caregiver. In honesty, this has been an extremely valuable contribution in trying to connect and aiding a child's growth in its infant period and future development. The theory is restricted in its reference of the importance of the sense of touch and its importance in its contribution to the making of the said theory. ...

- Introduction Essentially, furthering your education improves your life in many ways, by focussing on ways in which fathering education improves one’s life, this paper will present means through which an individual benefits by fathering his or her education. In order to accomplish the objectives of this paper as stated herein, this paper will scrutinize present, the literature review, the methodology used, discussions and finally the implications deduced from the study. - Literature Review In Kezar, et. al (2007), the study seeks to establish the importance of education to one’s future. Focussing on future ...

Part A

Traditional model of parenthood is traced to a time fathers and mothers had distinct roles to play in a child’s development. Fathers played a dominant role in the development of a child in the traditional western culture. Control of domestic affairs was a role left for the male of the family. The role of supervising a child continued into adulthood. The father’s influence was pervasive and often outweighed the influence of the mother on a child’s conduct. The father figure was the sole provider for the family. Fathers provided security for the family, thereby ensuring transcendence of their generations. They reacted to all ...

My research paper explores the issue of fatherlessness in American society. For the sake of my research problem, we defined fatherlessness using Johnson’s definition. According to Johnson, fatherliness refers to the youth whose biological fathers are usually absent or youth who are without regular paternal oversight from a nurturing adult male (2010). This implies that father figure‘s role can be formed by step dads, bigger brothers, or in some cases. David Blankenhorn (19950, p. 5.) wrote that the “U.S. is becoming an increasingly fatherless society. A generation ago, an American child could reasonably expect to grow up with ...

The duality between genders has been an ongoing phenomenon since the beginning of mankind - man has always been different from woman, and vice versa. Many conflicts have arisen because of an arguably patriarchal society - it is generally considered that men oppress, and women are subjugated. But is that the entire story? Given the works of Cornel West, Judy Brady and others, it is clear there is an economic and racial subjugation that is also occurring, one which affects both genders. In many ways, the duality between rich and poor must be combated in order to protect against ...