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Responsible Fatherhood 101: Fundamentals of Programming and Philosophy

Responsible Fatherhood 101: Fundamentals of Programming and Philosophy. Presentation Overview. Evolution of Fatherhood Effects of Policy on Fatherhood Parenting Philosophy and Style Impact of Fatherlessness Solutions. Evolution of Fatherhood. National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) 1994

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Responsible Fatherhood 101: Fundamentals of Programming and Philosophy

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  1. Responsible Fatherhood 101: Fundamentals of Programming and Philosophy

  2. Presentation Overview • Evolution of Fatherhood • Effects of Policy on Fatherhood • Parenting Philosophy and Style • Impact of Fatherlessness • Solutions

  3. Evolution of Fatherhood • National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) 1994 “To improve the well-being of children by increasing the proportion of children growing up with involved, responsible, and committed fathers in their lives. • Statement on Responsible Fatherhood 2001

  4. Evolution of Fatherhood • A NEW Societal Issue? No • Research, Articles, Books • “Before they reach the age of eighteen, more than half of our nation’s children are likely to spend at least a significant portion of their childhoods living apart from their fathers.” Bumpass, 1984 • Moynihan Report, 1965 • The difference? Governmental Recognition and Media Attention

  5. Media Campaigns • Drugs a • Guns a • Poverty a • Crime a • Health Care a • Fatherlessness ?

  6. Policy Changes • Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Act of 1996 • Mandated in-hospital paternity establishment • Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1997 • Welfare-to-Work, funds to enroll fathers in training and employment services • Ended in 2004

  7. Parenting is a Learned Set of Skills Men and Women Parent Differently Desired Outcomes are the Same How we Get There May Look Different Philosophy

  8. Parent’s Job Description • Provide basic physical needs • Keep child healthy and safe • Care • Encourage • Communicate • Discipline • Instill values • Educate Two adults are better than one

  9. “Involved fathers bring positive benefits to their children that no other person is likely to bring.” Popenoe, 1995 • Protector and provider (evolutionarily speaking)

  10. Sons Learn How to Be • Responsible • Assertive • Independent • Achievers • Appropriate with the opposite sex “Without adult males around, teenage boys will necessarily turn excessively to their peers and to the antisocial behavior that male teenage peer groups often engender.” Popenoe, 1995

  11. Daughters Learn how to Relate to Men • Heterosexual trust • Intimacy • ‘Love-worthiness’ • Preparation for a male-dominated world • Assertiveness • Independence • Achievement

  12. The Work of Play Physically stimulating Exciting Involves teamwork and skill Teaches self-control Fathering in Style

  13. Male Parenting stresses Competition Challenge Initiative Risk-taking Independence Fathering in Style

  14. Discipline Rule-based Justice Fairness Fathering in Style

  15. Intellectual Benefits Quantitative abilities Mathematical abilities Fathering in Style

  16. More empathetic Happier More satisfied Less physically aggressive toward other children More competitive without resorting to aggression Well-Being

  17. 27% of children in America live without their father White 21% Hispanic 28% Black 57% Nationwide 24 million children So Why is This Important?

  18. Myths “How can these fathers not want their children in their lives?They keep having babies that they’ll never take care of.They’d rather spend their money on flashy cars and jewelry than take care of their kids.

  19. Barriers • Fatherless boys are: • Less likely to graduate high school • Less likely to obtain gainful employment • More likely to be incarcerated • The average parent leaving prison owes $23,000 in child support

  20. Barriers • Fatherless boys are: • Less likely to marry • More likely to father a child out of wedlock • Non-essential • Households • Communities

  21. Teen Pregnancy Teen Violence Juvenile Crime Incarceration Poverty Drug and Alcohol Abuse Child Abuse Education Failures

  22. Race Youth Anger/Pain Gender Relations Child Support Unemployment/Underemployment Wages Continuing Challenges

  23. Case Management and Referrals Legal Assistance Parenting Education Relationship Counseling Literacy Services Job Training What Works Continued

  24. Job Search Assistance Advocacy Criminal History Counseling Participant Education Community Education Mediation What Works

  25. Community Re-entry Workforce Development Court-ordered Mediation Gender Relations and Communication Fathers Support Groups Child Support Moving Forward

  26. QUESTIONS?

  27. Contact Information: KENNETH BRASWELL, Director (518) 408-4971 ANN-MARIE YEATES, Program Outreach Specialist 2 (518) 408-4008 New York State Fatherhood Initiative Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance 40 North Pearl Street Albany, New York 12243 (518) 486-3127 fax www.dads.ny.gov

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