What is considered an American family is consist of children having both their parents married, saying in the same house and sleeping in the same bed. Unfortunately, this is anything but a fairytale for children of the twenty-first century. The number of single parents rises continuously at the same time children do not have both their parents in their lives. For young men, they are able to go through life without a father, however, for a young woman the game for her is entirely different. A young woman is thought of to have both her parents, an older woman to tell her to act girly, and a man to show her what a true man is supposed to be. When regarding females, society embodies young women as vulnerable, and not taking care of themselves.
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Along with an absentee father, there are many reasons as to why he may have been unable to be in his child’s life. There are not many sources explaining why a father chooses to not be in his child’s life. The absence of a father is based on the outcome he has on his child’s life, not the cause. To have an understanding of why some men are not in their child’s life, I will provide a personal example. Being part of a statistics of being fatherless the excuse or rather reason my father is not a part of my life is because he decided to work instead of finishing his education. The idea of not finishing college to support your family financially must have been seen as a smart idea at the time. However, as time went on the idea of not finishing his education proved to not only put a strain on his livelihood but also his relationship with his …show more content…
Krohn and Bogan states that “Mathematics is typically associated with masculinity therefore females without father figures may have less interest in this subject matter.” (Krohn and Bogan Line #). Once again I do not necessarily agree with this statement made by Krohn and Bogan. As a young girl I tend to love mathematics it was one of my highest grades a long period of time. After a while it was no longer one of my highest grades. The reason for this had nothing to do with my father the coursework for my mathematics class became more difficult. It took me longer to get the material at
Along with an absentee father, there are many reasons as to why he may have been unable to be in his child’s life. There are not many sources explaining why a father chooses to not be in his child’s life. The absence of a father is based on the outcome he has on his child’s life, not the cause. To have an understanding of why some men are not in their child’s life, I will provide a personal example. Being part of a statistics of being fatherless the excuse or rather reason my father is not a part of my life is because he decided to work instead of finishing his education. The idea of not finishing college to support your family financially must have been seen as a smart idea at the time. However, as time went on the idea of not finishing his education proved to not only put a strain on his livelihood but also his relationship with his …show more content…
Krohn and Bogan states that “Mathematics is typically associated with masculinity therefore females without father figures may have less interest in this subject matter.” (Krohn and Bogan Line #). Once again I do not necessarily agree with this statement made by Krohn and Bogan. As a young girl I tend to love mathematics it was one of my highest grades a long period of time. After a while it was no longer one of my highest grades. The reason for this had nothing to do with my father the coursework for my mathematics class became more difficult. It took me longer to get the material at