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The effects of fatherless families on boys are quite numerous. A little boy needs his father for so many reasons. They need their father to teach them how to be a boy and the things you need to learn to grow up to be a good man. They need their father as a role model for these things. They need their father to teach them how to fish and hunt and to work and take care of their families and their other responsibilities. Fathers are usually the ones who are the bread winners in the family and this shows the boy that everyday daddy goes off to work to bring money home to pay the bills and buy the groceries and other life necessities.

The way that father's treat their mother and the rest of the family shows the boys the right way to treat women and families. If a father is gone and totally out of the picture then it is left up to the mother to be mother and father and quite frankly mother's really can't be father's. If a father walks out and never comes back then the boy will probably grow up and do the same to his kids and the cycle continues.

Boys that grow up without father's tend to be in trouble with the law and have emotional problems. They tend to think that the law doesn't matter or it don't apply to them. Some may be small time criminals and others can become serial killers. If there is no father in the picture some mother's tend to lean on their son more for support which can really screw a boy up if their are no limitations on the relationship. A mother that is too needy or clingy then the boys could grow up and hate women and commit crimes against women.

A boy that grows up without his father can also grow up and think that they are the only one that can protect their mothers and sisters. They can end up overly controlling and not let their wives, girlfriends, sisters have a relationship outside of the one they are in with the controller. Having a father can prevent a lot of cycles from repeating themselves throughout history. Fatherless families do suffer more negative outcomes than that of households with fathers. Mother's will try to be both mother and father but it is never the same for the boy.

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