Marriage and Family: Fatherhood
Social scientists use multiple indicators to track fatherhood impact upon children and broader the culture-at-large. However, there's one indicator Wade Horn, David Blankenhorn and other fatherhood movement leaders concede is almost empirically impossible to trace: The proportion of children whose fathers responsibly love and nurture them to adulthood. This, they say, is the "ultimate vision" and "final objective" of the fatherhood movement. And while the social science focus has been on evaluating the father-children ties, new family configurations reveal that for those concerned about the decline of fatherhood should also turn greater attention to the decline of marriage. As sociologist David Popenoe states, "The decline of marriage is a disaster for fatherhood."
Features
Why Children Need Father-Love and Mother-Love
Children do best when they have daily access to the different ways mothers and fathers parent.
How Fathers Matter for Healthy Child Development
Fatherhood is just as essential to healthy child development as motherhood. In some measures, father-love is more important.
Raising Kids to Follow Christ for Themselves
Parents guide the spiritual success of their children by modeling the essentials.
What Does Intentional Fatherhood Look Like?
Children should learn from their parents that God's commands mean something in real day-to-day life. And that won't happen when parents reduce the amount of intentional time with their children, failing to provide enough emotional and spiritual cultivation in their lives.
What Kind of Parents Do Children Need?
Intentional fatherhood includes taking parental inventory as to the potential shape of what God wants our children to be.
Family News in Focus
