In America their is a growing rate of absentee fathers in the world, because of this you have more and more young men going to jail. Absentee fathers also cause young women to look for father figures in other places which to a small extend the absentee father epidemic explain the growing rate of teenage pregnancy in America. Fathers may not know it but they have a large effect on what their children now and as adults. People often ask why a man wouldn’t want to be involved in their children life when they know their children desperately want them to show them some love and affection. Some people say that for a man to just leave his kids and not to be involved in their kids they have to have no heart what so ever. There is not kind of excuse for man not being in their child’s life. If you want something bad enough you will find away to get it or in this case you will find away to be in your child’s life. Is their away to fix this problem or is it unfixable. I believe that anything can be fix if you put you mind to and work hard at it. I want your feed back I want to know what your thoughts are about this epidemic.
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I think a lot of couples start their families too soon. Premarital sex, though there are many views on it, can be very dangerous to both parties. STDs, pregnancy, emotional attachment - teenagers are not emotionally ready to have kids. I sure as heck know I'm not!
Because they don't quite know what they're getting into (I don't think many people know what they're getting into when it comes to marriage), it causes the guy to do what seems like the most logical thing: bail out. Is the right thing to do? No, but it's easier than sticking with the mom, quitting school to get a job, and a lot of other things that would have to happen when one becomes a father (or even a mother for that reason).
Obviously, this does not apply to all teen dads. I would like to think that if I became a father before I was married that I would stick it out with my girlfriend, but I don't like to play Monday morning quarterback.
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I have done no research on the subject, but I have a feeling a big part of the problem is that fathers don't know that they're fathers. They just sleep with a woman and walk away; the woman doesn't even know she's pregnant for another couple of weeks at least, and by then the man is long gone. I can also imagine that a baby is frightening to anybody--man or woman--but the man has clear route away from the problem, while the woman is stuck with it. At the same time, sometimes it's better off if the man does leave if he doesn't want to be there, because he might turn to violence if he's stuck with a baby he doesn't want.
I'm with you in that this problem needs to be fixed. I love the connections you drew from absent fathers to jailed boys and pregnant girls. I imagine that the best place to start is the same place to start with any problem: volunteer your time and your money to help raise awareness. I think that the key to the guys is the girls; if the girls don't get pregnant until they're sure that the guy is committed, then we have much less of a problem. So to help, you could volunteer at pregnancy crisis centers where girls come for help or simply post flyers around your school. Good luck!