Title: Fatherless Children: Why Do Fatherless Children Have a Lesser Chance at Being Successful
1Fatherless Children Why Do Fatherless Children
Have a Lesser Chance at Being Successful?
- Jasmine Emery
- North Lawndale College Prep. H.S.
- March 13, 2009
2Not having a father in your life determines your
growth and development.
3Children Need Fathers!!
- More likely to drop out of school
- Absence of a father doesnt only affect the child
but the mother also - More African American fatherless children than
fatherless Caucasian children.
4The absence of a father can sometimes make or
break a family.
(Philip)
5 Without fathers, this is what happens to the
child or the children
- Turn to gangs and violence
- Families begin to separate
- Look for love and support in all the wrong places
- (Hill)
6This is why we need fathers!!
- Turn to their mother because they have no father
- No male figure/role model
- Fathers play an important role but they dont
participate
7Many families are destroyed when there isnt a
male or father figure around.
8Fatherless Children
- Most likely to drop out of high school
- Dont have special bond with a two-parents
household - Hard time finding confidence
- (Davis)
9Statistics for fatherless children
- 90 run away from home
- 49 of all child abuse cases are committed by
single mothers. - 71 of high school dropouts comes from fatherless
children
(Isherwood)
10Fatherless Children have a hard time..
- Staying focus.
- Controlling their attitudes
- Controlling their anger.
11Many families dont know where to turn when
someone has walked out on them.
(Davis)
12These are so many bad things that can happen if
there is no father around
- More likely to experience violent behavior.
- At a greater risk for suicide
- They have no love or support so they do things to
get attention.
13Drug and Alcohol Abuse
- At a greater risk for drug and alcohol abuse
- Turn to many dangerous things to try and ease
their pain
14This chart represents how children interact with
parents
15This is what fatherless children do.
- More likely to experience violent behavior.
- Turn violent because they dont have love and
support - Take their frustrations out on a lot of people
because they dont know how to deal with stress.
16(No Transcript)
17- Not having a father determines your growth and
development. - As result I would like for fathers who arent in
their child/childrens life to be involved
because if you dont many of these can occur and
I would also like for fathers to not be
discourage because of some things that they might
not have.
18(No Transcript)
19Fatherless Children Why do fatherless Children
have a lesser chance at being successful?