Fathering Role Of Fatherless Children

“The quality of the home has had a large impact on the child’s development and psychosocial functioning” (Carlson & Corcoran, 2001). Carlson and Corcoran (2001) also stated: when a child has been raised in a two-parent home, the parents have shared the responsibility in caring for the child, guiding the child, and providing discipline. When the child’s parents have not lived together, one parent tended to take on the role of being the sole provider of parental duties and providing financial provision. The nonresident parent tended not to be involved in the daily activities of the child’s life, and had less interaction with the child.

Parents are supposed to care for their children’s needs and while mother and father are equally important, the

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Commitment to a father identity has increased the likelihood of greater paternal involvement. A father identity has been comprised of the father’s perceptions and expectations of himself, and how he should perform certain fathering roles. If the father has identified with the particular roles in which he has believed fathers should function, attached importance to his role, identified with his role, perceived himself as being able to fulfill the fathering role, and found satisfaction with the fathering role, then he has been more likely to be an active participant in his child’s life.

(Fox & Bruce, 2001). The lack of a father as parental advisor role meant Gregory had to learn everything from his mother and from the streets. This caused issues after his mother passed and impacted his development. Further, this lack of a father colored his acceptance and trust of the the opposite sex, and ability to raise children. As Gregory said, “People ask me about being a father and not being there … [and] I say, Jack the Ripper had a father. Hitler had a father. Don’t talk to me about family.” (“Dick Gregory Has 10 Kids”). While he was married and had children, his eldest daughter, Michele,