Author Question: List out some of the factors that cause fathers to be absent. Discuss briefly its effect on ... (Read 157 times)

stevenposner · **on:** Jun 18, 2018

List out some of the factors that cause fathers to be absent. Discuss briefly its effect on families.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Some people have difficult lives, yet overcome adversity and are successful and well-adjusted. In the face of life's many challenges, they have overcome many, if not all, of them. These individuals show:

a) protective factors.
b) resilience.
c) SCHIP.
d) cumulative advantage and disadvantage.
e) EITC.

komodo7 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 18, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A father's absence is due to many factors, including having babies during the teen years and not being able to provide for them financially, deserting unwed mothers, incarceration, physical or mental disabilities, drug abuse, divorce, and not paying child support.Regardless of the reasons, absentee fathers increase their children's likelihood of economic and social deprivation.Many single-mother families were poor even before the father left, but his departure reduced a child's economic resourceseven further. Absent fathers have a huge cost beyond their economicimpact. Compared with two-parent homes, children of fatherless families havemore behavior problems, do less well in school, have higher drug and alcoholusage rates, have poorer physical and mental health, and are more likely to enterthe juvenile justice system.

Answer to Question 2

B