Blog Post #9: Fathering: Paradoxes, Contradiction, and Dilemmas

The presence and absence of a male figure in a child's life effects its development throughout the years. Some people say that having a father figure in your life is very important and to some it isn't that important. If a father is present in a child's life, the father needs to fulfill all the responsibilities that is needed for the child to know their father more.In "Fathering: Paradoxes, Contradiction and Dilemma by Scott Coltrane, he says that interaction, responsibility, and availability (437) are all the things that a father needs to have with his child. According to the reading, the author says that the absence of a father or male figure can lead the girls to become pregnant when they become teens and some teens can end up doing drugs. In my point of view I believe that its not necessarily to have a father or a male figure in your life because it all depends in the society you live in. If you don't think that its necessary to have a father or male figure in your life, while the society might think it is important and they might have a effect on your mind and it might your decision.

Coltrane, Scott. "Fathering: Paradoxes, Contradiction and Dilemmas." Men's Lives.8th ed.Ed.Michael S.Kimmel And Michael A. Messner. Ed.NYC:Allyn & Bacon, 2010. 432-449. print.