Posted on Jun 19, 2022
ROBERTS: Sorry Libs, You Can’t Replace Dads With Government
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ROBERTS: Sorry Libs, You Can’t Replace Dads With Government
Posted from dailycaller.com
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Conservative red states with Republican governors ironically have higher divorce rates than liberal blue states with Democrat governors.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/674703
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/674703
Red States, Blue States, and Divorce: Understanding the Impact of Conservative Protestantism on...
Jennifer Glass, Philip Levchak, Red States, Blue States, and Divorce: Understanding the Impact of Conservative Protestantism on Regional Variation in Divorce Rates, American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 119, No. 4 (January 2014), pp. 1002-1046
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CWO4 Terrence Clark
Might be an interesting read, altho the abstract neither conflicts with, nor ameliorates the dailycaller article. Perhaps you could extract and post to save us tightwads the $14 dollar fee?
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SSG (Join to see)
I can do one better before the 60's when the democrats passed all our current well fare state laws, black families had a higher two parent families than whites based on percentage, now look at it under our current welfare system.
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I will grant you that a horrible father is undeniably worse than no father.
I will also grant that a bad father is marginally worse than no father.
But even an AVERAGE father is exponentially better than no father. And a good or great father? Drop the mic, walk away, and close down the venue.
No, not everyone should be a father. And no, it is not always in the kid's best interest to have their biological father in their life. But it is in each and every child's best interest to have *a* father in their life. Be that father biological, step-, adoptive, coach, teacher, pastor, older brother, uncle, SOMEONE. Kids NEED dads. Real ones. Ones that are there for the long haul. Ones that will actually take on the role and work at it and put that kid's NEEDS (not wants; needs) above everything else in their life. *That* is what a dad is; THAT is what a dad does. And dad's do it infinitely better than the government ever could or would... Or should.
I will also grant that a bad father is marginally worse than no father.
But even an AVERAGE father is exponentially better than no father. And a good or great father? Drop the mic, walk away, and close down the venue.
No, not everyone should be a father. And no, it is not always in the kid's best interest to have their biological father in their life. But it is in each and every child's best interest to have *a* father in their life. Be that father biological, step-, adoptive, coach, teacher, pastor, older brother, uncle, SOMEONE. Kids NEED dads. Real ones. Ones that are there for the long haul. Ones that will actually take on the role and work at it and put that kid's NEEDS (not wants; needs) above everything else in their life. *That* is what a dad is; THAT is what a dad does. And dad's do it infinitely better than the government ever could or would... Or should.
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SFC Casey O'Mally
Posted 3 d ago
I will grant you that a horrible father is undeniably worse than no father.
I will also grant that a bad father is marginally worse than no father.
But even an AVERAGE father is exponentially better than no father. And a good or great father? Drop the mic, walk away, and close down the venue.
No, not everyone should be a father. And no, it is not always in the kid's best interest to have their biological father in their life. But it is in each and every child's best interest to have *a* father in their life. Be that father biological, step-, adoptive, coach, teacher, pastor, older brother, uncle, SOMEONE. Kids NEED dads. Real ones. Ones that are there for the long haul. Ones that will actually take on the role and work at it and put that kid's NEEDS (not wants; needs) above everything else in their life. *That* is what a dad is; THAT is what a dad does. And dad's do it infinitely better than the government ever could or would... Or should.
--- My child knows her father - but he isn't in her life (that's his choice with his poor decision making). It's she and I...and she's doing just fine without any father figure in her life. She has male role models in my brothers and my dad - but they are not "father figures." Especially when none of my family is close enough to see us on a regular basis. But she can look to them to know what good men look like. But they don't fill a father role and neither do I as a single mom. I fill my role as her mother and I am doing everything I possibly can for her. I'm not perfect (no parent is) but I know I'm doing something right when she tells me all the time how much she loves me, how much she's glad I'm her mom, will hug me, etc. I didn't have that with my mother. She was the absent parent - and I grew up in a two parent household. My parents were married my entire childhood but she had other priorities that didn't include us. I would have much rather my parents divorced when we were kids (or just never gotten married and had any kids together at all).
Posted 3 d ago
I will grant you that a horrible father is undeniably worse than no father.
I will also grant that a bad father is marginally worse than no father.
But even an AVERAGE father is exponentially better than no father. And a good or great father? Drop the mic, walk away, and close down the venue.
No, not everyone should be a father. And no, it is not always in the kid's best interest to have their biological father in their life. But it is in each and every child's best interest to have *a* father in their life. Be that father biological, step-, adoptive, coach, teacher, pastor, older brother, uncle, SOMEONE. Kids NEED dads. Real ones. Ones that are there for the long haul. Ones that will actually take on the role and work at it and put that kid's NEEDS (not wants; needs) above everything else in their life. *That* is what a dad is; THAT is what a dad does. And dad's do it infinitely better than the government ever could or would... Or should.
--- My child knows her father - but he isn't in her life (that's his choice with his poor decision making). It's she and I...and she's doing just fine without any father figure in her life. She has male role models in my brothers and my dad - but they are not "father figures." Especially when none of my family is close enough to see us on a regular basis. But she can look to them to know what good men look like. But they don't fill a father role and neither do I as a single mom. I fill my role as her mother and I am doing everything I possibly can for her. I'm not perfect (no parent is) but I know I'm doing something right when she tells me all the time how much she loves me, how much she's glad I'm her mom, will hug me, etc. I didn't have that with my mother. She was the absent parent - and I grew up in a two parent household. My parents were married my entire childhood but she had other priorities that didn't include us. I would have much rather my parents divorced when we were kids (or just never gotten married and had any kids together at all).
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