“If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.” IfsFatherAbsent Author:Charles Rangel
“Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased” MotherFatherDutyNavyAbsentNaval Author:John James Audubon
“Think about one of the most powerful influences on a young child's life - the absence of a father figure. Look back on recent presidents, and you'll find an absent, or weak, or failed father in the lives of Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.” ThinkingLooksChildrenYoungFatherPresidentPowerfulInfluenceFiguresWeakBillsClintonAbsenceBarackMost PowerfulAbsentJohnsonYoung ChildrenFather Figure Author:Jeff Greenfield
“Today, what most people live in, or with, is the less-than-nuclear family. Working fathers are absent from home during most of the day, the children are schooled outside it, and practically all women who work for money must go outside to earn their living.” PeopleChildrenHomeTodayFatherFamilyNuclearAbsentSchooledNuclear Families Author:Elizabeth Janeway
“Boys want to grow up to be like their male role models. And boys who grow up in homes with absent fathers search the hardest to figure out what it means to be male.” WantMeanHomeFatherGrowsBoysRolesGrowing UpFiguresModelsMalesHardestRole ModelsAbsentMale Role Models Author:Geoffrey Canada
“Every boy was supposed to come into the world equipped with a father whose prime function was to be our father and show us how tobe men. He can escape us, but we can never escape him. Present or absent, dead or alive, real or imagined, our father is the main man in our masculinity.” MenWorldRealShowsFatherBoysAliveFunctionPrimeMasculinityAbsentOur Father Author:Frank Pittman