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A 4 page essay that argues the reasons why fathers are not necessary for raising children. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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from religious groups and conservative politicians like then Vice President Dan Quayle. This sitcom plotline, in which the biological father was never involved in the childs upbringing, reflected an
evolution of the American family from the traditional image of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson and Ward and June Cleaver to the independent career woman Murphy Brown who wanted to have
children, but did not feel it was necessary to add a father to this family equation. The public debate which ensued after this landmark TV moment has yet to
subside in the twenty-first century. Still, the question remains: Are fathers necessary for raising children? The conventional response has always
been a resounding Yes! but this is largely based on economics and also conventional stereotypes of mothers as being basically nurturers, housekeepers, and cooks, while fathers were authoritative disciplinarians and
decision-makers. But how much interaction do contemporary fathers actually have with their children? In two-parent households, research studies have revealed that in terms of time and responsibility, "Mothers...
spend more time with their children, to use their time with their children more for care-taking... and to have greater responsibility for their children than do fathers" (Phares, 1999, p.
3). In the United States and throughout the world, it is the mothers that spend "significantly more time" with their children than fathers do, whether they are employed in
the workplace or not (Phares, 1999, p. 4). While the mothers time involvement with their children is 100 percent, fathers spend about a third as much time actually interacting
with them, and only available to them about 65 percent of the time (Phares, 1999). What are the children supposed to do the other 35 percent of the time
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