Paternity Matters: Fathers Should CountBy: Kareem green

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Fathers should have…

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Why Fathers should count?

As of today, 1 out of 3 children out of a total of

15 million are growing up without a

father.

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3Important changes

need to be made…

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1 Treat

Fathers Equally

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2 We need to encourage our fathers to father and not just pay support.

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3 The positive example set for our youth, will repeat itself in years to come.

Children with Both parents are more likely to:

Graduate from high-school

Attend college

Live a more fulfilling happy life

Achieve their dream career

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By qualifying fathers for the same equal rights as mothers, this will first, reduce the number of single parent families…

…next it will encourage separated or divorced parents to be more mutual for the sake of the child.

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…and finally improve our youth to be there

for their children as their parents was for them

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Married parents who raised their children together; children are more likely to attend college, grow up physically and emotionally healthier, avoid drugs, alcohol and delinquent behavior and repeat this cycle of life.

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These

children become, positive,

motivated, responsible and

productive individuals.

Most single parent children grow up faster than they should given the circumstances of living in poverty, other younger siblings they become forced to watch, protect or even raise while their mother either works or goes out, and eventually grow up emotionally angered due to their economical disadvantage.

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These

children become angered,

frustrated, deviant

and irresponsi

ble individuals

The father bond plays a big role in a child’s life.

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Most father-child relationships impact their child’s well-being, sense of security, child’s outcome, educational achievement, cognitive ability, and social behavior.

Children without fathers tend to seek this bond elsewhere, leaving an empty space that should’ve been filled. The son seeks a father’s guidance from other male role models in his life, and the daughter seeks it from males she gets involved in both can get hurt when their expectations are not met they way wanted them

to be.

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Let’s add, make or change laws to give fathers their fighting chance for equal rights to raise their children.

“Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate.” –Anonymous

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