The effects of fatherless families on boys 51 Articles

by Louise Tucker

I wrote this story about my life when I was 18 years old. My mother was a single parent when she raised me and I think she did a pretty good job. Whenever I needed anything like, clothes, a new pair of shoes or tennis shoe...read more

by Thomas Russell

You would think living without a father would have dramatically altered the kind of person I've become. Living in my own skin for 46 years, I think I've adapted pretty well. But I often wonder how my life would have turned...read more

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by GMPateek

MOTHERING MALES "RAISING MEN" ...read more

by Elizabeth Larochelle

I didnt realize how important a male figure in the family was until I saw it in my own family. In today's society it has become common place for women to raise children on their own. Its a commendable and great challenge...read more

by Jennifer Paige

In 2003, 26% of American households were headed by single mothers. This number continues to rise, leading many people to ponder the effects of growing up without a father on children, particularly the effect it has on boys...read more

by Dexter Bad Bear

The effects of being fatherless on a boy is not that big of an issue. It happens more and more often in current times. The big thing that determines the way it will effect the child is when it happens and why. If the fathe...read more

by Robert Martin

I can imagine the burdens my father must now bear. Having had a child and willingly not being there As if life already isn't fair, but for a child to grow up believing from seeing That for him his father doesn't car...read more

by RNorrisFaulkner

When a father is absent, he sets the entire family unit back many, many years. All the children miss out on first-hand leadership, sacrificial love, and what being a caretaker and a protector is all about. The children's l...read more

by Paula Bealer

Many studies have been done and data collected regarding the effects of the fatherless families on boys. Although, statistics vary from study to study, most agree that a large percentage of boys that come from fatherless ...read more

by Gena Nelson

It's very hard to be something if you have no idea what it looks like. Young boys without fathers don't know what a strong, positive male looks like. What possible chance do they have of becoming strong, positive males? ...read more

by Byron Forest

My father left home when I was 4 years old, so I guess my family would be considered, fatherless. Studies have shown that young men who grow up in homes without fathers are twice as likely to end up in jail as those who co...read more

by Maureen Mains

My grandson is fatherless and motherless and is having so many problems at just ten years old, he is so angry all the time, he is sad and angry about losing his Mum five years ago and often talks about killing himself, the...read more

by Patricia Coffman

Too many boys from fatherless families end up calling juvenile detention facilities "home sweet home." It doesn't seem fair to make such a generalization, but if you work in a juvenile detention facility, you find out it i...read more

by S.M. Ross

Homes without fathers...the single most devastating blow a family can face. Even though over the last fifty years, the image of a father has gone from strong provider that knew what to do to an incompetant yet lovable guy,...read more

by Pedro Vazquez

First of all I have my mother and father with me so I personally didn't have to go through that experience but I have plenty of friends that did. I've seen how not having a father figure in them boys lives determined their...read more

by Sami Jo

The joy of children is everlasting, They are the legacy we leave behind, And the futures through us create! Fathers Day, Birthdays, Christmas. Any and all public holidays. Those are the days he finds it the hardest...read more

by Paul Lines

Throughout the world there are thousands of single mothers bringing up children, including boys, who become well-adjusted and good citizens when they reach adulthood, an accomplishment for which these mothers can be justly...read more

by Joe Newclear

After reading the article title, the first thing that popped into my head was "Man, I'm lucky!" I have yet to meet my father, and I've been around for more than a couple of decades. My mother has told me that he has never ...read more

by Malyawan Dasis

When a kid grows he learns many things from his parents. The boy follows father and girl follows mother. There is a joke like this; a girl likes dolls and boy likes strong man. When they grow the girl likes strong man and ...read more

by Maureen Wuelfing

Unfortunately, too many of us know first hand the effects of a fatherless family on boys. I am no exception. I am a single mother of seven wonderful children, four of them boys. I have learned to rough house, to climb, to ...read more