Race, Gender & Class, Vol. 9, No. 4, Race, Gender and Class in Psychology: A Critical Approach (2002), pp. 111-133 (23 pages) This paper provides a critical review of African American father absence ...

“Where’s Dad?” is a deceptively simple, yet profoundly complex, question. It carries weight, echoing through family narratives, community perceptions, and societal judgments. Often, our conversations ...

The absence of fathers in the lives of their children is not uncommon. David Blankenhorn (1995), author of Fatherless America, wrote, “The United States is becoming an increasingly fatherless society.

Men who grew up without a father tend to evolve in a much different way than men who did. And you can spot a man whose father was absent by these 10 specific behaviors.

Amid an epidemic of fatherlessness in American households, one philanthropist sat down with nearly 100 nonprofit founders to reveal the importance of men in society—and what happens when they ...

As a child, I was often curious about my father's absence. My mother navigated those awkward questions with grace, never speaking negatively of him, even on Father's Day. She'd soften the truth ...