The U.S. government has, in the recent past, made commitments to reconnect fathers with their children through funding for programs and federal initiatives. After seeing an increase in issues regarding child support enforcement, crime prevention, high adolescent drop-out rate and studies that show a direct link between nonproductive behaviors in youth to a missing father in the home -— the tipping point was reached.
I recently wrote an article on the need for administrators of fatherhood programs to establish honest, sustainable relationships with the fathers they serve and within the past two weeks I have received many positive, thoughtful responses. I thank the newspapers and online publishers for reprinting the piece and hope that many more are to come. Salut!
Fatherhood is receiving a great deal of attention these days due to new funding initiatives by the Federal government and an increased awareness in the costs associated with children being reared in "fatherless" homes. For the sake of brevity, I won't focus on the numbers, statistics, or studies, yet I will, however, focus on the various programs that are being, and have been, implemented to assist fathers in "re-connecting" with their children in a positive way.
