I may not be a parent yet, but as a child, I have seen firsthand the big and subtle impacts a parent can have on their child. Some are closer to their parents than others, yet there is always a pattern of children following in their parents’ footsteps. I should know — my mother was once a journalist.
But for those who live in a household with an absent father, there is no clear direction to follow, and many head down the wrong path. This is a rising problem, and research shows just that.
Shannon Osaka, The Washington Post
Madison Colombo, Fox News
Lyman Stone, Peter Foreshaw Brookes, The Critic
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