Popenoe and others have examined the role of fathers in raising children
and found there are significant differences than that for mothers.
If present trends continue, writes David Popenoe, a professor of sociology at Rutgers University,“the percentage
of American children living apart from their biological fathers will reach 50% by the next century.”.
If present trends continue, writes David Popenoe(link is external), a professor of sociology at Rutgers University,“the percentage of American children living apart
from their biological fathers will reach 50% by the next century.”.
If present trends continue," writes David Popenoe, a professor of sociology at Rutgers University,"the percentage
of American children living apart from their biological fathers will reach 50 percent early in the next century.".
Few people doubt the fundamental importance of mothers, Popenoe comments,
but increasingly the question of whether fathers are really necessary is being raised and said by many to be a merely a social role that others-mothers, partners, stepfathers, uncles and aunts, and grandparents can play.
Few people doubt the fundamental importance of mothers, Popenoe comments,
but increasingly the question of whether fathers are really necessary is being raised and said by many to be a merely a social role that others- mothers, partners, stepfathers, uncles and aunts, and grandparents- can play.
Few people doubt the fundamental importance of mothers, Popenoe comments, but
increasingly the question of whether fathers are really necessary is being raised and said by many to be a merely a social role that others- mothers, partners, stepfathers, uncles and aunts, and grandparents- can play.