The Father plays an important role in the family, whether he is present in the home or not. An absent father makes as important an impact than an active father in the home. There are an estimated 64.3 million fathers across the nation and 24 million children live absent from their biological fathers (Statistics). Children are greatly affected by their fathers, and these effects can stay with the child throughout their life. How children and adolescents deal with education, drug and alcohol abuse, crime, incarceration, and child abuse can all be influenced by the father. Whether or not the father is absent or present can make the difference in if the child deals with these factors with negative or positive consequences. The absence of a father
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Emotional cut off may seem like the easiest solution at the time, but many issues can arise because of this in future relationships. By doing this, sensitive issues are being ignored by the absent father and children, which breaks the communication between them. Since communication is important for developing intimacy (Olson, DeFrain, & Skogran pg.116), the child may have trouble forming intimacy within future family and friend relationships. “People reduce the tensions of family interactions by cutting off, but risk making their new relationships too important” (Eight Concepts). Without a father the child may put too much pressure onto one relationship to make up for the missing parent. When a child does this they may be let down by the relationship or cause too much strain on the relationship, which can then cause that relationship to break. This makes it harder to form intimate relationships with a future spouse, because too much is expected from one …show more content…
When the father is absent from the family the mother can no longer use a co-parenting style of raising the children. Although a single mother may use the similar parenting techniques and lessons, the parenting style needs to be adjusted and modified to being carried out by only one parent. The best needs to be brought of the child through attachment type parenting styles. In order for the single mother to accomplish this she needs to be willing to adapt her
Emotional cut off may seem like the easiest solution at the time, but many issues can arise because of this in future relationships. By doing this, sensitive issues are being ignored by the absent father and children, which breaks the communication between them. Since communication is important for developing intimacy (Olson, DeFrain, & Skogran pg.116), the child may have trouble forming intimacy within future family and friend relationships. “People reduce the tensions of family interactions by cutting off, but risk making their new relationships too important” (Eight Concepts). Without a father the child may put too much pressure onto one relationship to make up for the missing parent. When a child does this they may be let down by the relationship or cause too much strain on the relationship, which can then cause that relationship to break. This makes it harder to form intimate relationships with a future spouse, because too much is expected from one …show more content…
When the father is absent from the family the mother can no longer use a co-parenting style of raising the children. Although a single mother may use the similar parenting techniques and lessons, the parenting style needs to be adjusted and modified to being carried out by only one parent. The best needs to be brought of the child through attachment type parenting styles. In order for the single mother to accomplish this she needs to be willing to adapt her