Parenting is a job that should be attended to with the utmost of care and affection. It has long been a job that has been managed by a Mother and a Father. Men have long been regarded by society as a fundamental tool in the rearing of a well-adapted child. It is, however, increasingly popular in society that men are being viewed as a mere accessory. This newly adapted view is prompting more and more women to take on the responsibility of child rearing without the presence, let alone assistance, of a male figure. Removing this component of parenting has had a detrimental affect on American society. Every year more families are being created with the absence of a father. These fatherless families can hardly be raised as sufficiently as their fathered counterparts.

Fatherless parenting is becoming ever more commonplace. The United States Census Bureau reports that 40% of never married women in their thirties are having a child. In the 1970 national census it is estimated that there were 3.4 million single mothers in the nation, in 1990 10 million (Eckel). These numbers are all indications of how American society is changing. In past decades there has be

1.) Blankenhorn, David. "Fatherless America." The Sundance Reader. 2nd ed. Ed. Mark Connelly. Fort Worth: Harcourt Bace, 2000. 598-602.

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2.) Drummond, Tammerlin. "Mom On Her Own." Time 28 Aug. 2000: 54-55. Periodicals Abstracts. Galileo. Roswell High School Lib., Roswell, GA.. 28 Sep. 2000 .

There are certainly many single-mothers that would argue that their children are just as well off as anybody else's. They will argue that their children are doing well in school, which they very possibly may; however, the fact remains that the children of fatherless families are missing out on many opportunities that their classmates are getting. While their colleagues are enrolling in afternoon soccer and other sports these fatherless children are unable to partake in these activities due to a lack of one pertinent resource, the time needed by their mother to pick them up. In addition to this many children of single mothers have a hard time fitting in. Stephanie Coontz, a renowned author on the subject of family structures states," We are still finding that teachers and other students might have prejudices about the behavior of children of single mothers (Eckel)."

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