Dear Brothers, Dear Sisters Listen Up

 My plan for the future is to continue to promote positive single fathers in my community and beyond.   I believe that the majority of the public would like a positive picture on fathers in today’s society.   I will also begin to set-up even more meetings during the summer and hopefully I will gain better progress.   Part of these meetings is to come up with some solutions for single active fathers.   Discuss ways to spend more time with their children, how to obtain governmental assistance and job training to better opportunities which will help them raise their child in a better environment.   I will continue to post blogs on single positive fathers and use social media to bring this discussion to the forefront.   I will continue to go to social functions and encourage people to check out my blog or to come to one of my schedule meetings.   Maybe arrange for us single fathers to have a day we all spend time with our children and do engaging acti...

What I learned from this journey is that single fathers go through the same struggle as single mothers but we are not treated the same.   I mentioned in my blog that some women feel that they do not need a positive father in their child’s life and their nurturing skills alone are enough to raise a child.   Not true, in fact according to a study done by the U.S. Department of Education, “An active and nurturing style of fathering is associated with better verbal skills, intellectual functioning, and academic achievement among adolescents.”   The majority of us are portrayed in the media as dead beat dads.   Not true, in fact from my own experience I worked two part-time jobs, arrange for family members to care for her while I was at work because ‘Care for Kids’ was getting pretty expensive.   The media rarely report positive single fathers working 7 days a week with no days off, struggling to make ends meet.   Most of us single fathers are sometimes af...