Fathers are models for manhood. When the popular culture no longer recognizes what it means to be a man and has to a large degree denigrated manhood, some people may actually start to believe it. A girl spends much of her adolescence trying to figure out how to relate to boys. Girls need their fathers and their father s guidance and knowledge about boys and men. Look at teenaged girls whose fathers are mostly absent from their lives, and the importance of fathers becomes clear.
Fathers serve the role of household protector.
Mothers who are not married to the fathers of their children seldom abstain from male company. These new relationships can be dangerous. More likely than not, the abuser is the mother s liaison, not the child s natural father. Children have become the casualty of adult pursuit of pleasure. Part of it involves changing peoples minds.