We're joining with dads across the country to do something about father absence.
It does not always occur, however research has indicated that father absence can lead to poor academic performance, and in some instances lead to delinquent behaviors.
WHITEHOUSE: Effective Strategies for Working with Fathers Returning from Prison | The White House
Each of the presenters discussed the startling statistics around father absence, including the fact that roughly 24 million children live without their biological fathers in their lives (this is more than 1 in 3 children).
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Obama's father's absence, on the other hand, could be credited in part for his sky's-the-limit style that helped him win the 2008 election.
And while I was lucky to have loving grandparents who poured everything they had into helping my mother take care of us, I still felt the weight of my father's absence throughout my childhood.
Most express anxiety about the future of their children and their communities in the absence of positive father and male involvement.
And the absence of a father or an intact marriage is a prime indicator for drug use and trouble with the law.
Apartheid's brutal legacy, high unemployment and poverty, gaping social inequality, the absence of a father in nearly two-thirds of black homes, and the abuse of alcohol and drugs are all cited.
The blame is variously put on the brutal legacy of apartheid, widespread poverty, appalling levels of unemployment, the absence of a father in two out of three black homes, high alcohol and drug abuse, and extremes of inequality.
The film tells the story of two adolescent boys who are subjected to a harsh regime when their strict father returns after a 10-year absence.
With his father directing from the corner after a 13-year absence, he dominated Guerrero in a performance not totally expected at the age of 36.
Mr. Courtney is far more candid about the fact that his father left when he was 4 years old, that he felt the absence greatly, and that while he knows he can't be a dad to his mostly fatherless players, he feels he can fill some kind of a void in their lives.
One notable absence at Tuesday's ceremony will be the new queen's father, Jorge Zorreguieta, who was a minister during the 1976-1983 Argentinian military dictatorship.
Ms Martin said her father, a retired accountant, stopped eating to "hasten his death in the absence of any law change" and drank only tea and water.
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