Fatherless America: Confronting Our Most Urgent Social.
The disappearance of marriage, and the collapse of fatherhood, has been admirably examined in a new book by David Blankenhorn, called Fatherless America. The book is based on a wealth of statistical information, including the fact that “tonight, about 40 per cent of American children will go to sleep in homes in which their fathers do not live”. “Fatherlessness,” argues Blankenhorn.
Fatherless America; Fatherless America. 1907 Words 8 Pages. LaVonica Newell Ms. Robinson English 105-20 14 April 2014 Annotated Bibliography Bouma, Donald H. “Children Who Grew Up in Fatherless Households Complete Fewer Years of Schooling Than Others.” Family Planning Prospective 20.3 (1988): 148-149. JStor. Web. 12 April 2014. Children who grow up in a fatherless home have a tendency to.
Family professionals will want to become familiar with David Blankenhorn's Fatherless America: Confronting Our Most Urgent Social Problem, in which the author argues that the United States is becoming a fatherless society. Despite the negative social consequences, fatherlessness is frequently ignored or denied, particularly within academic discourse.
David Blankenhorn Founder and President Institute for American Values; Hosting Organization. James Madison Institute; More information about Confronting Fatherless America. 222 Views Program ID.
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Fatherless America by David Blankenhorn; 3 editions; First published in 1995; Subjects: Fathers, Fatherless families, Paternal deprivation, Paternal Deprivation.
Get this from a library! Fatherless America: confronting our most urgent social problem. (David Blankenhorn) -- A study of the changing roles of men in family life examines the shift away from the ideal of fatherhood, discussing social ailments in terms of the lack of male family involvement.