Years ago things were so simple. If kids went bad, it was automatically (and correctly) attributed to the absence of a Father. Then along came the Feminists and political correctness and we couldn't say that anymore. To imply that in some way a Father (a man) held a particularly important roll in the development of a child was considered sexist.

Now, Father no longer knows best. Now Fathers are portrayed as lazy idiots while Mothers are portrayed as the backbone of the family. Watch The Simpsons or Family Guy if you don't believe me. It's so sad.

Research however, shows that Fathers in fact play an indispensable roll in childhood development with things like delinquency, teen pregnancy, drug abuse and a host of other social ills being linked to Fatherless homes.

Below is a simple Google search that shows numerous results to this effect. The question that remains is why there are so many people still trying to promote the fraudulent notion that Fathers don't matter. Have we really become so ignorant that we fail to recognize even the most simple of life's truths or are we all just products of indoctrination?




http://www.google.com/search?q=the+r...rlz=1I7GGIE_en

Federal government welfare programs have eliminated fathers from families in the inner cities. Black fatherless families number upwards of 70% now, when in the 1930s and 1940s, the Black families were solidly intact. Just more of the unintended consequences of the Progressive Do-Gooders. And yet, the Progressives continue in their attempt to convince us that poverty causes crime. Go figure.

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Here is a must read with loads of info about the benefits of intact families - it's a real eye opener.

http://www.heritage.org/Research/Fea...ad/48119_1.pdf

Nice link, Rick.

Dr. Thomas Sowell has written some excellent articles on family life among the Black population in the inner cities. Here's an interview with Dr. Sowell on the topic:

http://rightwingnews.com/mt331/2008/02/an_interview_with_thomas_sowel.php

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Thanks, I'm a big fan of Sowell. "The Vision of the Anointed" was one of the best books I've read. "Race and Culture" was good too but a little dry.

MMMmmm rolls... do these rolls have butter? I like butter on my rolls.

Since when are The Simpsons and Family Guy an accurate portrayal of family life?

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Because the cliche found in those shows, as well as others, had to come from somewhere...

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It's called "fiction", and it isn't based on reality. It's a freaking cartoon. That's like saying Aqua Teen Hunger Force is based on reality. Come on, now.

A talking dog? A talking baby? Evil monkeys in the closet? It's slapstick comedy in cartoon form, nothing more.

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Maybe... but out of all of those lazy, overweight father's actually do exist.

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Government welfare programs cause black fathers to abandon their families? I think maybe it's a lack of personal ethics and sense of responsibility that cause black fathers to abandon their families.


Fatherless families are more likely to be poor, and poor people are more likely to be engaged in criminal activities. Not because they are poor, but because of disadvantages that go along with being poor - lack of education, housing condition, and unemployment, for example. Some people are just criminals, plain and simple.

"For the 2000 Census, the percentage of black families headed by married couples was 38."

Notice this only says "married couples". Obviously this isn't taking into account couples with children who live together but are not married.

"There's nothing inherently racial about the trend, of course. The 2000 Census showed that only 69 percent of all American children were born into two-parent households"

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