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    For the longest forgiving my father was not even a thought. He had hurt and abandoned me so what reason did he deserve my forgiveness. My hate for the situation started around the age of fourteen. I did not want him around at all. I felt like I had gone this long without him and him coming around more would just ruin things. My mother being who she is, tried her best for us to rekindle our relationship, but in my eyes, it was a dead issue. Building up all that hate, and anger made me a bitter teenager

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    Absent Fathers Essay

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    “For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God…” 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 This scripture outlines the role as a father. However, one out of every three American children has to live with the heartbreak of having an absent father. In this generation, the rate of absent fathers is skyrocketing. Children without the presence of a father are, lost, broken and distrustful. Although I have not faced

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    Why Father Is Important?

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    Why Father Are Important Did you grow up without your father? If not, what if you did? How did it make you feel? What was the importance of your father’s presence and involvement in your life? As these are questions I’ve examined to see if a father’s presence and involvement are important to development. The father role present-day is continually diminishing from the values that constitute a traditional family. Non- traditional and single parent family structures are a growing phenomenon. According

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    Fathers should spend time with their children because it can help them perform better in school, it can help with their development, and help them flourish in life. “The dad effect starts as early as birth. A review of studies by Father Involvement Research Alliance shows that babies with more involved are more likely to be emotionally secure, confident in new situations, and eager to explore their surroundings.” According to Sarah Allen, PhD and Kerry Daly, PhD in May 2007 the main idea about

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    and filmmaker once wisely stated, “Not every successful man is a good father. But every good father is a successful man.” This quote reveals just how fulfilling and important a true father’s job can be. A father has many responsibilities, yet his family should be a priority in his life every day. No matter what else is going on around them, a father must bring his family together and show them Christ’s love. The role of a father encompasses many different duties. Yet, a man begins learning fundamental

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    These fathers both lack principle and firm spirits, and they are irresponsible, weak and timid. They did not provide appropriate guidance and advice on their children’s education and marriage, and even became the obstacle in the children’s lives. None of them is what a father should be. Their figures are contrary to the traditional father archetype, thus destroying the traditional consciousness that fathers own the sovereign authority in a family. The comparison between the traditional father archetype

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    To Her Father With None

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    The poem “To her father with some verses” by Anne Bradstreet details a women’s attempt to show praise for her father while being unable repay him all that he has done for her. The first thing that initially hits the reader is the tone of the poem. The first few lines paint an overall sad atmosphere that continually engulfs the reader as the poem continues. The conclusion fo the poem leaves the reader in a depressed state knowing that no matter what the women in the poem does, she can never repay

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    Dinner With Father Essay

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    Dinner with Father I wonder what it would be like to go to dinner with my father. One of the chief words my uncle uses to describe my father is "classy," so I'm sure that he would take me to a fancy restaurant. We would sit across the table from each other, both decked out in dark suits. My hair would fall into my eyes and I would brush it out of the way, looking to see the expression on his face. He was a large man, both in my memories and in photographs I've seen. I'm sure that

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    Father In Catch The Moon

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    toward his father seems very careless, but his actions show his deep affection for him. In the beginning, Luis doubts his relationship with his father and says “He is the “son” of Jorge Cintrón & Son, and so far his father has had more than one reason to wish it was plain Jorge Cintrón on the sign” (Cofer). Since Luis believes that his father doesn’t care about him, he acts sarcastic and indifferent to his father. He does this as a coping method because even though he loves his father, he does not

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    My Father Essay

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    The leader in my life is my father, as he has helped me journey through my life till this day and will continue helping me in the near future. I think to a large extent that my father has lead me to become the person that I am today, and I believe that I would not be the same person without my father’s positive thoughts and influential words he has provided me during the tough times I have experienced. My father has impacted me in many ways, for example, the morals he lives by has impacted me to

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