Why We Need Fathers
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In 1965.8 million American kids lived in single parent families. Today, that number is more than triple to an astonishing 18 million. Another figure is equally startling. Nearly 40% of our Children don't live in the same home as their biological father. Today. The number of kids whose parents are divorced is nearly equaled by the number of Children and homes where there never has been a death. One out of three babies in America today are born to unmarried women, 600% increase since 1960. Children need both a mom and a dad. Why both? In his recently published book, Life Without Father, Rutgers University sociologist David Popenoe details the unique yin and yang generated by a woman man parenting team. Mothers tend to be responsive, and father's firm mother stress emotional security and relationships while father stress competition and risk taking. Mothers typically expressed more concern for the child's immediate well being, while fathers concentrate on a child's long term autonomy and independence, Popenoe says
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Father, Grandfather, Attractive, Believable, Caring, Concerned, Informative, Mature, Narrator, Natural