Commentary by Michael Barone about fatherlessness

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Growing up with a really bad father is just as crippling. The damage caused by not being raised in a healthy family unit is not taken seriously. Some survive it, some do not.

The idea that men are not needed as fathers is just some new age feminist propaganda. But more importantly we need good men as fathers. The problem is, when it comes to education, nobody is taught how to be good mothers and fathers. Nobody is really taught what it means to be a good family. I never saw that taught in school. We either learn that from our parents through observation or we don’t.
 
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There is a lot of pressure to take the “families come in all shapes and sizes” view and a real reluctance to tell parents that their choices could be harming their children.
 
Often times, single motherhood is the result of promiscuity, poor decision-making, and lack of maturity. This usually creates a situation which leaves the children vulnerable to child molestation by various boyfriends brought into the home by the mother. This happens quite often. This is most likely a situation which would drive a child to serious acting out. I think the article misses a lot by focusing in on the primary cause of this situation as no-fault divorce.
 
Interesting. Not to knock this, but Pope John Paul 2’s mom died when he was very young. If a single parent is strong in faith and virtue, there is great hope for their children. I have trouble with the blanket statements. But I know your goal is to defend traditional family structure, and I do find that noble.
 
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Obviously its not impossible for a child to grow up with a healthy mind if he or she only has one parent, especially if that parent has a support network. Even better if you are raised in a good community. But clearly its not an ideal situation to have only one parent. The success of a single parent to me does not support the idea that 2 parents is not the greater good. It’s the idea that it doesn’t matter if a father is there or not that bothers me, especially as a man and given my own experiences struggling with identity. It’s not just about supporting tradition. It’s about supporting what we are essentially made to be, which is a family. I think we ought to have a mother and father and to not have that cannot reasonably be argued to be a good thing. A single parent family is a handicap.
 
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I would say that there is a difference if one of the parents die (accidents, health issues, natural death etc) compared to one parent leaving to start a new relationship or just disappears because he/she can’t take the responsibility of being a parent, Especially if the relationship between the mother and father is not a healthy one and the baby wasn’t planned for in the first place.

A proverb is that “It takes a village to raise a child.”
 
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