The Effects of Adolescent Females Reared Fatherless - Annotated Bibliography Example

 dads-daughters.com. (n.d.) Absentee Fathers: The Current State of Fatherhood.” Retrieved 22 November, 2009 from http://www.dads-daughters.com/absentee-fathers.html The topic provides statistics on the current state of fatherhood and most likely solution and advises. This topic said that 72% of the Americans believe absentee fathers are a major problem of the society. Significant data of the article showed that 24.7 million children live without fathers; 17 million children live with their single moms; 1.55 million of births in 1995 are born out of wedlock; that nearly 4 out of 10 first marriages turn out for divorce; 26% of absentee fathers live in different places from their children. Percentage of absent fathers is high among Hispanic children and black Americans. Result of study showed teenagers with this background are five times more prone to early sex and pregnancy than those living with parents. Topic cited result of survey from 20,000 parents that children get more high average in school under guidance of both parents. Study concluded that the role of fathers in the family affects children’s development. Davies, Jamie (30 April 2007). Whose Fault is it anyway? Absent Fathers and Teenage Delinquency. Areas in Psychology Development Research. http://www.psychblog.co.uk/whos-fault-is-it-anyway-absent-fathers-and-teenage-delinquency-97.html Davies, in this topic, proved the point that it is not the mother’s fault if a child becomes delinquent, contrary to public’s perceptions that a maternally deprived child would become “affectionless psychopaths.” In this research, Davies showed that it is actually the absent fathers who are causing delinquent problems and poor social behaviors. Details were not conclusive. Krohn, Franklin and Bogan, John. (2001) The effects absent fathers have on female development and college attendance College Student Journal...BNET. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCR/is_4_35/ai_84017196/pg_7/ Authors provided statistics on daughters that have been in problem due to the fatherless issue. Turnout of teenagers problems related to fatherless issues are shown as 63 % youth suicides; 90% run-away from homes, 85% exhibited behavioral disorders, 80% of rapists motivated by anger; 71% high school drop outs; 75% drug use abuse, 75% of juveniles came from fatherless homes, and 20% of fatherless children are most likely to attend college. Father stability is a major factor in his daughter's life. A father who is not grounded and rooted is doing his daughter a disservice by bringing chaos into her life. Study concluded the need for the father’s stability affect daughter’s decisions in the future. Leah East, Debra Jackson, Louise O'Brien (2006). Disrupted Relationships: Adult Daughters and Fathers Absence. Contemporary Nurse Retrieved 22 November 2009 from http://www.contemporarynurse.com/archives/vol/23/issue/2/article/2200/disrupted-relationships This article provides an insight on the emotional impact of absent fathers to a growing daughter. Authors wrote in the paper experiences of daughters longing for the care of fathers in their growing years. Findings in this research would be significant to healthcare workers who need to understand the problems of young people growing up with absent fathers. Results of the study showed the aspect of family life that showed young people is affected by breakdown of relationship with father. Those who participated in this study expressed their feelings with lack of respect for their fathers. Daughters, in this study, felt that their fathers are not interested on them, and were unable to have the father-daughter relationship they wanted. Life Factors Ministries. (2009). The Fatherless Facts: The Need...Retrieved 22 November 2009 from http://lifefactors.org/FAQs.aspx This article is written by a Church Ministry that studied the need for at least one fatherless ministry in every country that would take care of the needs of 24 million fatherless children in the United States. This article cited that the Church is fighting for issues of homosexuality, crime, sex and abortion, dropouts, abuse and addictions due to fatherless. They feel that fathers should be visited and reached before they “add up to the statistics.” The article also conforms to other literature reviews that children with separated parents experience behavioral problems, indulge with drugs, experience early sex, and have mood disorders According to this report, the effect is “especially strong for children whose parents separated when they were five or younger.” Murphy, Jane C. (2005). Legal Images of Fatherhood: Welfare Reform, Child Support Enforcement, and Fatherless Children. University of Baltimore, School of Law. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1211142 This is a legal article that explores reasons for disestablishment of paternity, an issue which has been debated by the legal courts for a long time. Article noted the increasing number of fathers asking to be relieved of obligations from fatherhood resulting to more fatherless children. Murphy argues that the law should be up to a welfare reform as at present, it is pushing low income fathers to ask for disestablishment of paternity for economic reasons. Murphy said that the legislatures had placed definition of paternal functions based on economic goals and biology, and not based on marriage. Murphy countered that the right for child support, preserving families and child protection are destabilized by government laws. National Fatherhood Initiative. 2009. The Father Factor: Facts of Fatherhood. Retrieved 22 November 2009 from http://www.fatherhood.org/father_factor.asp This site has been devoted to articles about fatherhood. It provides statistics related to the consequences of absence of father in the family in various variable problems of the youth. Study proved through several works done by authors that there is evidence linking “fatherless” to the early sexual activity and teenage pregnancy. Researchers in this study claimed that “fatherless children are twice as likely to be involved in sexual activity, and seven times more likely to get pregnant in adolescence. In a sample gathered from 42 countries, the result of study found that rate of child abuse in single parent household is 27.3 percent per 1000, while there is only 15.7 percent child abuse with both parents in household. Ogbuja, Chijoke Gerald. 10 December, 2008. Absent Father: Its Impact on the Family. Codewit Global Network. Retrieved 22 November 2009 from http://codewit.com/family-parenting/absent-father-its-impact-on-the-family.html Author explains what happens in the behavioral aspects of children in the absence of a father in the home. According to author this results to emotional, psychological and physical deficiency in children. This deficiency is displayed in a pattern wherein children develop personality disorders that involves seeking of emotion and attention, like looking for other males as role models. The children suffer from poor school performance and lower occupational performance. This need becomes a problem as it is filled by others often in problematic ways. O’Neill Rebeca. (September 2002) Experiments in Living: The Fatherless Family CIVITAS. The Institute for the Study of Civil Society. Retrieved 21 November, 2009 from http://www.civitas.org.uk/pubs/experiments.php This is an experiment conducted by author to find out “how does fatherless family affect adult, children and society?” Identified results to children, teenagers and young adults show negative impact but a possibility of individual problems that has an effect to the society. Effects to children are: proneness in being poor and deprived; the likeliness of having problems in school and getting along with others and more likely to run away from home. These children are probable cases for sexual abuse and health problems. Teenage problems are apt to begin in sexual health, being young parents, drugs and school drop out. Result further showed that their being poor is due to lack of qualification, unemployment and homelessness. Others experiences of young adults are offenses leading to jail. Experiment concluded the traditional family is still the best environment for raising children and sound basis for the society. Study proved that effects to society of fatherless youth are cut off from community relations, a society with “divorce culture”, dependence on state welfare, and increase in crime and delinquency. The Economists mag. (17 September 2009) “Daddy's girl”. Teenage sexual maturity. Science & Technology. Harvard Business School. Retrieved 22 November 2009 fromhttp://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14446726 This article provided a non-obvious explanation why girls without fathers have sex earlier. It goes to prove that not all negative consequences can be attributed to absence of fathers in adolescent period. The research done in the study relates genes of the family as one of the reasons for early sex. Researchers found out, after 26 years of monitoring and research that genetic factors could influence seeking for earlier sex and ruled out absence of father. Read More