Comments on: Father’s Day Message

By: Jeff Molby

Jeff Molby — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:46:25 +0000

nearly a quarter of America’s white children (22%) do not have any male in their homes;

The thrust of the article is valid, but beware of inflated statistics. I am not “in my son’s home” technically, but he spends so much time in my home that I am as much a part of his life as his mother is. Our system gives physical custody to the mother in all but the most extreme cases, so this number is as much a product of our system as it is of the behavior of fathers.

The relevant statistic would be percentage of children who don’t spend a significant amount of time with their fathers. That number would be harder to gather and smaller, so the author didn’t bother.

By: Happy Fathers’ Day! | The Sundries Shack

Happy Fathers’ Day! | The Sundries Shack — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:23:52 +0000

[...] Plenty of other good writers are writing plenty about Fathers’ Day. Check out the links. There’s a lot of good remembrances and tributes to Dad there. [...]

By: Roger W. Gardner

Roger W. Gardner — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:39:33 +0000

A terrific article filled with important truths — and yes, I did read it to the end and you’re right, it was very touching.

I am a grandfather 6 times over. I remember, a few years ago, one of my sons, who now has three children of his own, said to me, “Dad, I’ve been thinking — how did you ever stand me?” lol

A very special Happy Father’s Day to you sir!

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:19:27 +0000

Good for you on the prison ministry…did you follow the link and read it all? Its got an awesome ending, that I almost quoted instead of what i did.

By: Neil

Neil — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:17:44 +0000

That is all true. I do some prison ministry and most of the guys have similar stories, and sadly, they created situations like that for their kids. They need to stop the cycle.