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The value of a Father’s impact has been diminished in

recent years...

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“The world began to radically change with the

social, economic and technical changes of the 20th Century and, with those changes, came a

basic change in the structure and function of

the family with a…

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“…consequent shift in the authority of the father. His influence was increasingly

seen as minor, even negligible, and his

importance was defined by how well he provided for

the family.” (Published June 23, 2011 by Ditta M. Oliker, Ph.D. in The Long Reach of

Childhood, reported in Psychology Today)

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In a recent North Carolina State

University presentation...

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Children with little or no contact with their

fathers are......more likely to

drop out of school

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Children with little or no contact with their

fathers are......more likely to

become involved in drug and alcohol

abuse

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Children with little or no contact with their

fathers are......(girls) more likely

to become pregnant as teens

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Children with little or no contact with their

fathers are......(boys) more

likely to become involved in crime and

violence

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Four major emphases are

identified in the literature on father

absence

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The impact of father absence on

(1) intellectual or academic

achievement

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The impact of father absence on

(2) gender-specific development

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The impact of father absence on

(3) general behavioral adjustment

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The impact of father absence on

(4) aggression in male children

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Beyond the emotional and behavioral

consequences of father absence, there are striking economic consequences for the

children

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Over 65 percent of children living with

never-married mothers are living below the

poverty line

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This compares with 10 percent of children

livingin two-parent families

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31 But the men who had gone up with him said,

“We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.” 32 And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land

which they had…

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…spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a

land that devours its inhabitants, and all the

people whom we saw in it are men of great stature.

33 There we saw the giants…

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…(the descendants of Anak came from the

giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in

their sight.” Numbers 13:31-33

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TheBiggest GiantsThose Within!

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Giants of the Mind!How We Think or

Conceive of Things:Slaves or Settlers?

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Giants of our Behavior

Breaking the Habit:Bound or Free?

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Giants ImaginedRealties thatDo Not Exist:

Foundations or Fear?

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Friendly GiantsTime to Man-Up

Putting on ourbig Boy Britches!

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For Jack, Tom or David to become a

Giant Slayers requires three

things…

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Man-Up to..…our Brokenness

…our Relationships…our God-Deemed

Role

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