Bacorn starts out the article titled “Dear Dads: Save Your Sons” by telling a little bit of a back story. He talks about a single mother who has lost control of her son who is fifteen years old. He turns to violence and is failing his classes.
She stays up a lot and has lost numerous hours of sleep just sitting there wondering if he is ever going to come home. It starts to show that she is worn out and stressed. The sons father walked out on them both around four years ago and that is when everything started going downhill. Recently when he injured someone in a brawl he was recommended for counseling. When asked if there were “any men in his life” the answer was no.
The counselor tried speaking with him but there was no luck. H
...e said there were no issues and an hour of useless conversation took place. Finally the counselor gave up. However, she did say that he could use at least one man in his life who “ pays attention to him, who spends time with him, who admires him.” Mothers outnumber fathers at school activities such as PTA meetings.
Next time you are at a PTA meeting look around and see how many male figures you see sitting around you. Nine times out of ten there is one or no fathers participating. Mothers also outnumber fathers at the doctors office. How many times have you seen a father there nurturing a sick child while you were there for whatever reason? Bacorn asks where the fathers may be? To answer his question many are at the bar drinking, golfing, o
even doing a leisure activity such as fishing.
Others work all day and night just to pay the bills and don’t have even twenty minutes a day to contribute to their sons personal well-being. According to Bacorn they are “everywhere, except in the company of their children.” However, Bacorn doesn’t want to take away from fathers who are a very big part of their sons lives. He does recognize men who are “Boy Scout leaders, Big Brothers and schoolteachers who value contact with children, who are investing in the next generation, sharing time and teaching skills.” He also recognizes the ones who drive their kids to sports practices and show up to each and every game. The consensus the article came to is that if fathers were more involved it “wouldn’t eliminate world hunger,” however many families may be able to have a more stable income with a more involved father. If fathers were more involved it may decrease divorce rates.
Many young girls would have a better understanding of a healthy relationship growing up seeing their parents in one. Maybe, just maybe young girls would have an understanding that not all males are just out there to impregnate them and leave them.
- 1920S essays
- 1950S essays
- 1960S essays
- 19Th Century essays
- 20Th Century essays
- Ancient Greece essays
- Bravery essays
- British Empire essays
- Civilization essays
- Colonialism essays
- Declaration of Independence essays
- Evidence essays
- Genocide essays
- Gilded Age essays
- Historical Figures essays
- Historiography essays
- History of the United States essays
- Letter from Birmingham Jail essays
- Louisiana Purchase essays
- Nazi Germany essays
- Rebellion essays
- Revolution essays
- Roman Empire essays
- Russian Empire essays
- The Columbian Exchange essays
- Vikings essays
- War essays
- What is History essays
- World History essays
- World Hunger essays
