Indeed, to avoid making these distinctions, certain rules of language are widely observed. By reducing the likelihood of sexual jealousy and paternal uncertainty, and by directing the male's aggression towards the support of his child and the motehr of his child, married fatherhood dramatically arestricts the tendency among men toward violent behavior. A major cultural imperative for our time is to increase the proportion of children who grow up with their two married parents in supportive communities and to decrease the proportion of children who do not. On child support In his book, Fatherless America, Blankenhorn argues that it is unlikely that the child support collection system will ever function well enough to keep pace with the caseload. For this reason, we should not expect to meet the needs of children through improved child support enforcement.
Every child deserves a father.
At a minimum, for example, all levels of our society must insist that no father, regardless of his circumstances, can ignore his financial obligation to his child. States should approach this issue with more seriousness. For example, perhaps fathers who do not acknowledge their paternity, as well as mothers who do not identify the fathers of their children, should be denied eligibility for public assistance. In cases of divorce, we should establish 'children first' legislation. Finally, legislatures should consider moving away from easy, no-fault divorce, especially when the divorce is contested and minor children are involved.