Becoming Quote by David Blankenhorn

“Our failure to acknowledge fathers’ importance is now reflected in the shape of the American family. Fathers are disappearing. Fewer American fathers are participating…

— Paul Raeburn

We have a number of difficulties facing our nation, but I believe fatherlessness is right at the top of the list.

— Tony Dungy

Most American children suffertoo much mother and too little father.

— Gloria Steinem

America needs more fathers taking an active role in their children's lives.

— Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Even in the 1960's, look at the minority percent of those kids being raised without a father. It was around 20 percent. America is…

— Kevin Sorbo

People without fathers tend to have two predominant characteristics. They tend to believe anything is possible. At the same time there's an anxiety and…

— Bennett Miller

Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father.

— Gloria Steinem

The most important domestic challenge facing the U.S. at the close of the twentieth century is the re-creation of fatherhood as avital social role…

— David Blankenhorn

America used to live by the motto "Father Knows Best." Now we're lucky if "Father Knows He Has Children." We've become a nation of…

— Stephen Colbert

In the past the intrinsic pleasures of parenthood for most American families were increased by the extrinsic economic return thatchildren brought. Today, parents have…

— Kenneth Keniston

When fathers are not present, government becomes the 'baby daddy' and conservative social values are harder to pass on to the next generation.

— Rachel Campos-Duffy

Everybody in America grew up without a father even if they had one. It was the fifties. They were working.

— Mona Simpson