Part 1
Link to the article:http://lib-ezproxy.lbcc.edu:2230/ehost/detail/detail?vid=11&sid=5b6c02b5-cccb-456e-a71c-4bf8691a7f93%40sessionmgr120&hid=110&bdata=JmxvZ2luLmFzcCZzaXRlPWVob3N0LWxpdmU%3d#AN=9507055273&db=aph
The title of my article is Bring Dads Back into the Family. By: Wilson, Pete, Christian Science Monitor, 08827729, 6/20/95, Vol. 87, Issue 143. In the beginning of the article, it states that the nation is facing a crisis of more and more children growing up fatherless. It goes on to gives some stats about how teens are more likely to be in poverty, teen parents, and go to jail. It then goes on to say that we need to do more than just have an organization that says it’s trying to help, but we need more role models for youth. The author of the article then gives 3 ways to fix this issue. One being a father summit, on June 13 in Burbank California the first father summit took place. At the summit, they attacked issues like teen pregnancy and welfare laws, how they should be changed so they don’t encourage teen pregnancy. Most teens aren’t ready to be good parents the key word being “good”. The second thing discussed at the summit was marriage and how it should be enforced more.
Another thing that the author spoke about that was important was a “wedfare” initiative that will allow woman on welfare to have the ability to keep it when they get married. This will promote unity within the household because financial hardship can play a big role in a family crumbling. He also says that parents should be in their children’s educational life at home as well as at school because this will show children important values of family unity.
Part 2
Organization
GRIP
GRIP works on reaching out to the community and creating role models for students who are fatherless. They also have a lot of programs that are positive outlets for students and keeps them from getting in trouble.
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