Aren't fatherless homes destroying family and moral values?

I think we should have more fathers like Ward Cleaver or Mike Brady in our society. Those were the good old days when kids were not out of line abusing drugs and such, and when fathers were good fathers and did not run away like little pansies from their family and when mothers had a father to discipline their kids when necessary. Then, there were so many pathetic lawsuits against child discipline, and look at how society is; kids get away with everything because parents are afraid to punish their children and many fathers no longer have a pair and run away because they can't handle being a father.

Aren't fatherless homes destroying family and moral values?
Agree 100%
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Reply:i agree with you, we need true fathers in the sense that he will protect his family no matter what, not be abusive, not a cheater, no an alcoholic. i was more or less faterless because my father was around but he was an adulterous alcoholic. i agree with those laws to some extent. some people confuse discipline with abuse, like hiting the kid to a certain point to them might be discipline where it is actually abuse. so they are good and bad. i have a cousin who called 911 because her mother grounded her, she told the cops that the mom had slapped her! we need a compromise!
Reply:Being a father is about more than an excretion. And there aren't exactly a lot of ways you can force responsibility on people. These days, the focus is on the individual, not the group. People do what's best for themselves.



Is it wrong? Well, it does leave a lot of collateral damage. But is forcing people to suffer in unhappy families right? That leaves a lot of collateral damage too.



And to be fair, I grew up in a one parent household just fine. I wouldn't change it for the world. It can work, and will if everyone in the family works together.



I don't think everything is as bad a you think it is. I see plently of single-parent families that are working out just fine.
Reply:I think it's better to have a fatherless home than a home with an abusive father.



Not all things work for all people.



Try tolerance.
Reply:The family is the glue that holds any nation together. I agree 100%
Reply:No, sometimes it's nessecary to have a fatherless home for the safety and well-being of the woman and child. And a lot of people have rose-colored glasses about the 1950's, but forget all the bad stuff of that era - such as the racism, the jingoism, McCarthyism, and other stuff.
Reply:American:



Wow, it seems like you see the world through the TV screen.



Fathers like Ward and Mike never existed except in fiction. They were in comedy fiction, too, remember.



It's true that a father who neglects or abandons his family is totally dispicable.



But it's not true that this is a new problem.



Back in the 50s and 60s those same problems were there, they were just ignored.



Today, it's easier to talk about that kind of problem on TV and in the papers, so we hear more about it.



Maybe there are too many rules against "child discipline" and that's causing kids to grow up undisciplined and incapable of integrity.



But if just one of those "pathetic" rules keeps some kid from getting really seriouisly abused, then I think it's worth it.
Reply:Nope I don't think so. And what if someones father died?That's going to destroy the family and make the children have no moral values? I don't think so. And discipline does not have to be physical abuse.

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