The myths and barriers that keep men from being the fathers they want to be Ross D Parke and Armin A. Brott. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. With spring upon us, families take many fun activities outside the home. Time to get a tan, play frisbee with Fido, obtain messy faces from very large ice cream cones.
Spring brings families together.
While many families can identify with the above paragraph's spring outlook, a good many cannot. A good many families are torn by divorce and endless arguments over visitation arrangements. The president demands men step up to fatherhood. Men pay millions of dollars every year for child support despite the plethora of myths and barriers that surround fatherhood, which in fact prevent men from being the fathers they are told they are. However, there are positive signs ahead.