The Fatherless Nation

Lets face it although it may not be politically correct to say so, vast numbers of Americans have gradually become fatherless. Now maybe not always in the actual sense of people not having fathers but in the sense of what I like to call absentee-parenting. This generally occurs when one parent is either expressing minimum or no interest in one or more aspects of their child's life and or their well being, thus leaving the other parent to play the role as both father and mother to the child. this parent left to play the secular role of primary care giver, bread winner and concerned parent is usually the mother.

In away fathers just drifted into the background of the family landscape willing to be credited in the areas where the sun shines and rejecting responsibility in the shadows. For some reason or another many fathers just aren't stepping up to take responsibility for their children leaving many mixed feelings on the child's part making it the norm for children to talk ill of their fathers with no remorse or sorrow for what was said further weakening the already estranged relation ship sadly many fathers just aren't taking responsibility for their children and no matter how you look at it they just aren't doing what they have to do to preserve a relationship with their children leading kids to do a lot of thing they wouldn't have their fathers were there. I think that the reason why America has been shoveling fatherless generation after fatherless generation is not just a one particular groups fault just as their are two sides to even a double-headed coin just like there are two sides to every story and you can't put the blame on a father for not being their for a child who expresses no int rest in them to begin with it takes two to tango just as it does to have a relationship and fathers. Even though the roles fathers play aren't nesscisarily ideal for many people their are others who are okay with but one thing im sure of is that all fathers need to play a bigger role in their childrens lives and that all children no matter what they say wish that they could to.