Where are the fathers who have fathered children? The answer is simple; they do not want to be located. Many men, who father children, do not know how to be a parent. They might have come from a maternal household themselves.
According the author, Christopher N. Bacorn
When there is no male figure involved in a boy’s life, he has no idea on what or whom to emulate in life. When a teenager goes searching for a male role model, he sometimes turns to the wrong kind of father figure. Most boys turn to people who they think are their true friends and end up learning the hard way that they were not true friends at all. Kids with no self-esteem or discipline have a tendency to follow their “friends” into serious problems.
The juvenile courts are bombarded with paperwork and the detention halls are filled to capacity with troubled youths. A child who grows up without their biological father will usually have a hard time finishing high school. The chance that many of them ever going to college is doubtful. The jobs that they will end up with will probably be a minimum wage job and they no doubt will become a teenage dad themselves.
When a single mom chooses to seek help for her son, she should first start at her son’s school. Most schools have student guidance counselors and have resources that would benefit the family situation.
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