Jeffers, Glenn. "Single Dads: Fathering And Mothering." Ebony 57.8 (2002): 88. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 7 Feb. 2011.
Morrell plays the roll of a being a single father and mother. He cooks, cleans, washes and disciplines while providing a masculine role model for his son. Another man by the name of Dr. Forrest King Jr. is a single dad who also cooks for his son although his son will not eat his cooking. This article takes you inside the lives of two black single male parents and what they go through on the daily basis-with dating, day care and financial needs.
This articles aimed towards black single fathers that play that role of a father and mother. These two men are breaking the barriers that all black men are unwilling or unable to take care of their children. It talks about how thousands of fathers are stepping up and taking care of their responsibility. This article is bias because it looks at single fathers from one aspect of the spectrum racially. It also leans to single mothers and how men need to remarry so that their child can have a mother figure in their life and to share their responsibility with. As for credibility, the source is true because it’s a real life account of two single male fathers trying to provide for their children. Dr. King is financially independent and that’s a plus in his case. As for other fathers like Morrell he has help from his sisters.
This article ties in with Baby steps because when I went to orientation there were single parents everywhere in that agency. Women who came with a support system gained points. At the end of the orientation, the women can take their point booklets to the baby store to buy diapers, clothes, cribs and other baby necessities with their points. This article ties in with me because my grandfather raised me and he was a single father with 5 kids. My grandpa was also like my mother when she was away for a bit.
These two men had a goal of raising their children to be confident, strong, and responsible men which they lead by example. I want to learn why organizations don’t help single fathers out. Baby Steps only help women who are pregnant. I see a discrepancy between the two. Shouldn’t the agencies be able to help men too?
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