The article I was
assigned to read “Dear Dads: Save Your Sons” Talks about the difficulties a
women has with her son not growing up with a male figure in his life. After counseling
and numerous attempts to alter his behavior the mother in the article is hopeless.
Being fifteen, in a gang, drinking, coming home days later, and not having any
respect for elders is a sure sign of poor parenting and a missing father
figure. This article show a lot of useful information on the subject but fail
to mention anything about mothers “sexist.”
This article
made me mad/confused and brought back some old memories. My mom and dad had me
at a young age and my dad left when I was two months old. I saw him very little
growing up it was always mom and grandma. I had got in quite a bit of trouble
as a teen and was in and out of court “with mom.” I dropped out of school when I
was 16 and worked full time because I had my son to take care of. I made a lot
of poor choices and never listened to my elders when I should have. I do not
blame my dad for this however; I think he is a bad influence and a drunk.
I was confused
reading this article because she starts the first couple of paragraphs making
it sound like all dads that are not with their families are bad, then towards
the middle switches it to a lot of the are good. I think she should talk about
the moms a little bit more and not put so much on the dads. I have a friend who
cannot see his daughter because his ex is mental and like the power trip and
child support that she and her new boyfriend enjoy. That’s my thoughts, anyone
have any feedback for me?
Shawn Opgaard
I have to agree with you in some ways. I definitely agree that if your dad had been around to influence you it wouldn't have been in a positive way, it probably would have influenced you to make worse decisions. I'm not going to commend you on becoming a teen father, but it is one of the examples the author made about teens who don't have a STRONG male role model present in their lives to teach them about stuff (like safe sex.) I do agree that it can be confusing for the author to change and reference examples of good fathers in the middle of her writing. But I think it was to show that father's who are present in their children's lives have good influences on their kids, and that there are some fathers out there that are committed. I know that some mom's make it impossible or very difficult for fathers to see some children, but I think that if there's a will there is a way. Like going to court and fighting for custody of the kid. Good Job!
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