Growing Up Fatherless How can we most effectively, which is to say frankly but graciously, talk about the importance of fatherhood and the calamity of fatherless- ness? I start by making it as clear as I can that my aim is not to bash single mothers, millions of whom are raising their children heroically and successfully with little help from men. But every once in a while there is the case were men have been …showed first 75 words of 480 total…

…showed last 75 words of 480 total…problems with the fact that they didn’t grow up with a father, we can then see how crucial it is for fathers to be present in the lives of our children. While this essay has dwelled on the sadness of fatherlessness and had little to do say about the pleasures of engaged fatherhood, good conversations do not dwell alone on pathologies and catastrophes alone. They also celebrate its sacred joys and obligations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**