Case Study: The Weight Of Not Having A Father

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RUNNING HEAD: The Weight of Not Having a Father1The Weight of Not Having a FatherCarlos PortilloEnglish 102November 30, 2017Glendale Community College
The Weight of Not Having a Father 2The Weight of Not Having a FatherDid you know that according to a survey the U.S. Census Bureau conducted in 2010, more than twenty million children across the United States grow up without the presence of a father in the home (U.S. Census Bureau Current..., 2010)? This number does not include the millions of fathers that might be physically present but emotionally astray! The presence of a suitable father is most important when it comes to the nuclear family. A good father contributes to many aspects of a child's upbringing, …show more content…

Fatherless America: Confronting our most urgent social problem. New York: Harper Collins. Children Who Grow up in Fatherless Households Complete Fewer Years of Schooling Than Others. (1988). Family Planning Perspectives, 20 (3), 148. doi:10.2307/2135709Douglas-Gabriel, D, (2015, April 16). An alarming number of teenagers are quitting school to work. Retrieved November 29, 2017, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/04/16/an-alarming-number-of-teenagers-are-quitting-school-to-work-heres-how-to-help-them/?utm_term=.e6aebc179a03 Effects of Poverty, Hunger and Homelessness on Children and Youth. (n.d.). Retrieved November 29, 2017, from http://www.apa.org/pi/families/poverty.aspx Harper, C. C., & Mclanahan, S. S. (2004). Father Absence and Youth Incarceration. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 14 (3), 369-397. doi:10.111/j.1532-7795.2004.00079.xJustice, N.C. (n.d.). Statistical Briefing Book. Retrieved November 28, 2017, from https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/qa05101.asp Leving, Jeffrey M. (n.d.). Fathers absence in America: Turning the tide on fatherlessness. Chicago Family Law & Divorce Attorney Fathers Rights. Retrieved November 11, 2017,

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