Psychological Effects of Absentee Fathers on Their Daughters
Some girls grow up with fathers and some do not have that opportunity; either they were born into fatherless homes or were the product of divorce or separation. These girls are subjected to the psychological effects that happen due to an absentee father in their life. Some of the negative effects these girls are destined to deal with would be depression, promiscuity, relationship or martial struggles, the view they have toward to opposite gender, and addiction. Unfortunately, they are deprived of the lessons only a dad is able to teach his daughters as well. Depression is the most natural reaction for girls who lose out on a father-daughter relationship due to divorce, because
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The men who these women attempt to make into a surrogate father, are bound to fail because they are only able to give her the love that they are capable of giving. These women will continue on this journey until they reach the point of knowing that they need “help” dealing with these inner problems of emptiness. When and if these girls are capable of having a relationship, their ability to commit to the relationship and choices of partners may not be what they should be. These girls are going to have such a fear of commitment/abandonment to the point they run away from a healthy relationship once they reach the emotional closeness that they have always wanted (Effects of Absent …show more content…
Many girls feel discarded by their father and they believe that each man in their life is going to discard them just as easily. These daughters may feel an “ambiguous” type of loss, because even though her father may be gone physically, he is still there in her heart and mind (Wright).
Due to her failed father-daughter relationship, these girls may always have the idea that every man who steps foot in her life is going to leave her. She may look at each man as already a failure and never give them the chance of proving her wrong. These girls may always have a deep issue with trust along with her view toward other men. If a girl had a hard time being able to trust, or rely on, her father at a young age, she may end up having a hard time with the issue later on in life with other
There is a positive balance of paternal love in her life. I would help her see the value in having her father in her life. She would use her experience with her father to understand that great men do exist and not everyone will hurt her.
New means of reproducing children have the tendency to attract strong opposition, and this certainly true of surrogate mothering. A surrogate mother is woman who takes on the responsibility of pregnancy for another woman. The surrogate mother is, then, inseminated using a man’s sperm. At the end of the pregnancy, the surrogate mother gives the infant to the woman who requested her services. Some claim this practice is immoral.
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her love in relation to their filial bond. Although her father views this as a
Dr. Haim Ginott, a renowned Psychologist, mentor and a teacher once remarked, “Children are like wet cement; whatever falls on them makes an impression.” Thus, the effects of absent fathers on children may in fact, shape their perception of the world around them. Even though developing a stronger relationship with one parent is an effect of absenteeism fathers, it also comes with the challenges of engaging in early sexual activities, diminished cognitive development and poor school performance, which are effects exhibited by many daughters.
Since the beginning of time, fathers have had a profound effect on their child’s development. Over the years, the norm for traditional family dynamics of having a father figure in the household has changed drastically, and so did the roles of the parents. It is not as common as it used to be to have a father or father figure in the home. In this day and age, women are more likely to raise children on their own and gain independence without the male assistance due to various reasons. The most significant learning experience and development of a person’s life takes place in their earlier years when they were children. There are many advantages when there is a mother and father combined in a
she is feeling is connected to her father. Perhaps she is trying to place herself in control
The Family structure has changed significantly in the last fifty years. With higher percentages of marriage ending in divorce, and higher rates of childbearing out of wedlock, single parent families are increasing rapidly. “Seventy percent of all the children will spend all or part of their lives in a single-parent household.” (Dowd) Studies have shown that the children of these families are affected dramatically, both negatively and positively. Women head the majority of single- parent families and as a result, children experience many social problems from growing up without a father. Some of these problems include lack of financial support, and various emotional problems by not having a father around, which may contribute to problems later in life. At the same time, children of single-parent homes become more independent because they learn to take care of themselves, and rely on others to do things for them.
The role of the father, a male figure in a child’s life is a very crucial role that has been diminishing over the years. An absent father can be defined in two ways; the father is physically not present, or the father is physically present, but emotionally present. To an adolescent, a father is an idolized figure, someone they look up to (Feud, 1921), thus when such a figure is an absent one, it can and will negatively affect a child’s development. Many of the problems we face in society today, such as crime and delinquency, poor academic achievement, divorce, drug use, early pregnancy and sexual activity can be attributed to fathers being absent during adolescent development (Popenoe, 1996; Whitehead, 1993). The percentage of adolescents growing up fatherless has risen from 17% to 36% in just three decades between 1960 and 1990 (Popenoe, 1996). Dr. Popenoe estimates this number will increase to approximately 50% by the turn of the century (Popenoe, 1996). The US Census Bureau reported out of population of 24 million children, 1 out 3 live in a home without a father (US Census Bureau, 2009).
The loss of a parent can cause loss in knowledge, skills, and resources from the parents. They loose such things as support from the parent in finances, emotions, and care. Children tend to have a harder time dealing with a divorce the more divorces their parents go through. The better the parents adjust to these losses, the better the children will adjust, and the fewer problems that will come about. When the child is in a single parents home, there is usually a loss of money and therefore, resources. This can lead to the child being jealous of other children and having lower self esteem.
When someone thinks about the definition of a father, he or she thinks about the support, care, love, and knowledge a father gives to his offspring. Most people automatically believe that biological fathers, along with the mothers, raise their children. However, that is not always the case. There are many children across the world who are raised without their father. These children lack a father figure. People do not realize how detrimental the lack of a father figure can be to the child, both mentally and emotionally. Enrolling boys between the ages of 5 to 16 without father figures in programs, such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, that involve building a relationship with someone who can serve as a role model is essential to prevent males from depression, difficulty in expressing emotions, and other consequences of having an absent father figure.
The role of a father in his child’s life extends past the knowledge of far too many, and can oftentimes be eclipsed by the role of the mother. Although the mother’s role is essential and greatly valued in a child’s life and development, the father plays a significant role as well. No mother can fill the father’s place in a child’s heart, for fathers nurture and play differently than a mother. Several studies show that an attentive and highly involved father is critical, especially in the early stages of a child’s life. The absence of a father during this stage can lead to “impaired social and behavioral abilities in adults” (Robert, 2013).
Surrogacy is becoming extremely popular as a way for people to build their families and women to have a source of income. Many people have various reasons for their opposition to it whether it be by comparing it to prostitution or disagreeing with how military wives take advantage of the Tricare insurance. Lorraine Ali states in her article “The Curious Lives of Surrogates” that one of the more popular reasons to oppose surrogacy is that it contradicts, “what we’ve always thought of as an unbreakable bond between mother and child.” However, a woman’s inability to conceive her own children does not determine the absence of a mother to child bond.
Single Parent Struggle For many years, children growing up in a single parent family have been viewed as different. Being raised by only one parent seems impossible to many yet over the decades it has become more prevalent. In today’s society many children have grown up to become emotionally stable and successful whether they had one or two parents to show them the rocky path that life bestows upon all human beings. The problem lies in the difference of children raised by single parents versus children raised by both a mother and a father.