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What Happened to Fathers?

What Happened to Fathers?

by Father Figures | Nov 1, 2025 | Family, Father Figures, Men's Issues, Relationships

In Finding our Fathers, Sam Osherson cites a broad study indicating that only 17 percent of American men had a positive relationship with their fathers. In most cases the father was dead, divorced and missing, chemically impaired, or emotionally absent. If this...
Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons

by Father Figures | Sep 17, 2025 | Family, Father Figures, Featured, LGBT, Men's Issues

Many men have issues with their fathers. Dozens of books have been written on the way that mid-century North American male culture de-emphasized emotional relationships between fathers and sons, and instead focused on competition, stoicism, and independence. As a...
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