Positve Impact of Involved Fathers

Yesterday, this article caught me attention. I am a father and I try to be involved in my children's lives as much as possible. Here is the premise of the article...

Children with involved fathers are more likely to graduate from college—particularly among middle- and upper-income families but also among those from lower-income backgrounds, a recent study found.

According to this new research by Brad Wilcox at the University of Virginia, the family structure that best promotes this involvement is a married, intact family. This is the case for youth from lower-educated homes as well as those from more highly educated homes.

I know from personal experience that this is true. My wife and I tag-team alot when it comes to our children. Sometimes my approach reaches our children, whereas sometimes my wife's approach reaches the children.

There are some single parents out there that I know that make this work on their own. Such parents should get heaps of praise because they must sacrifice and work much harder than I do to keep their children on the right track. Unfortunately, this is the exception rather the rule.

In our community there are many unwed mothers, a high divorce rate, substance abuse issues. Their children attend the public schools and these are the children more likely to struggle in school. These are the children that SD2 struggles to serve. I do not think I have an answer to this, but it is something our community needs to address. It is impacting the educational quality of our public schools.

Virgil