Unfortunately, more and more children are going fatherless, and experiencing the long term effects this loss can cause. Whether it be death, divorce, abandonment, or simply a lack of communication, minors who don’t receive the love, support, or authority a dad can give can be left scarred, sometimes for the rest of their lives. Fathers are vital to an adolescent’s health, and social and personal development. If a father figure is void, children are exposed to the undesirability of unhealthy influences and are more susceptible to aquainting themselves with harsh realities such as addiction, unplanned pregnancies, and suicide. Subconsciously, an adolescent may turn to drugs and alcohol as a coping mechanism for the absence their father:
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But it’s important to keep our passion for those dreams alive. But due to his absence or disregard for your dreams, that will just spur you on further to achieve them. You want to show the world you can do anything, and you don’t need anyone’s help to get there. …show more content…
Many students find themselves seeking the approval of others when the acceptance they truly want, is from there Dad. The irreplaceable spot in an adolescents’ life for a father can never be copied or imitated.
Works Cited
Aglialoro, Paul The Benefits of Having a Present Father Figure Happenings Magazine https://www.happeningsmagazinepa.com/2014/06/18/benefits-present-father-figure/ 1/19/2018
Aria, Charity 8 Reasons Why Our Relationships With Our Fathers Are Not Important Thought Catalog February 21, 2014 https://thoughtcatalog.com/charity-aria/2014/02/8-reasons-why-our-relationships-with-our-fathers-are-not-important/ 1/19/18
Kruk, Edward Father Absence, Father Deficit, Father Hunger Psychology Today Healthprofs.com May 23, 2012 https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/co-parenting-after-divorce/201205/father-absence-father-deficit-father-hunger 1/12/2018
Sanders, Ryan The Father Absence Crisis in America (Infographic) National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices National Fatherhood Initiative November 12, 2013
https://www.fatherhood.org/the-father-absence-crisis-in-america