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Fathers Are A Dying Breed It Seems
Posted on 2/27/14 at 9:55 pm
Posted on 2/27/14 at 9:55 pm
As many here know, I'm a longtime youth sports coach with experience in soccer, tball , baseball. And football. All together I've coached for 8 years.
Up until this coming spring I've coached the same group of boys from my son's age group. In this group i guess something like 80%-90% have an active father living at home with them.
This spring however, I'm going back down to coach my daughters age group ( she is 5) in t-ball. Last night I got my roster and one thing that stood out immediately was the lack of fathers. The roster of kids I was given was 10 kids aged 4 or 5 years old. Of those 10, only 3 even listed a father. And only 2 listed a father that actually lives with the child... And that's counting me living with my daughter.
I knew there was a growing trend of single mothers, but wow. Where are all the dads?
Up until this coming spring I've coached the same group of boys from my son's age group. In this group i guess something like 80%-90% have an active father living at home with them.
This spring however, I'm going back down to coach my daughters age group ( she is 5) in t-ball. Last night I got my roster and one thing that stood out immediately was the lack of fathers. The roster of kids I was given was 10 kids aged 4 or 5 years old. Of those 10, only 3 even listed a father. And only 2 listed a father that actually lives with the child... And that's counting me living with my daughter.
I knew there was a growing trend of single mothers, but wow. Where are all the dads?
This post was edited on 2/27/14 at 9:56 pm
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Posted on 2/27/14 at 9:56 pm to Darth_Vader
Wow.. Thats awful
Posted on 2/27/14 at 9:57 pm to Darth_Vader
Downvote.
Posted on 2/27/14 at 9:58 pm to Darth_Vader
Scared...intimidated
Posted on 2/27/14 at 9:58 pm to Darth_Vader
People don't understand responsibility these days.
Posted on 2/27/14 at 9:59 pm to extremelsu
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Message Posted by extremelsu Wow.. Thats awful
It's depressing to see. We've gone from my sins group where we have a large active pool of dads involved with their kids to now this age group who have almost no fathers. And being that my child is a girl, age will move to softball after tee ball. Who will coach those boys as they grow up?
Posted on 2/27/14 at 9:59 pm to Darth_Vader
its an effect of feminism
Posted on 2/27/14 at 10:00 pm to Darth_Vader
Is there about to be some racism in this thread?
Posted on 2/27/14 at 10:00 pm to Darth_Vader
The days of being successful and providing well for your family on 40 hours a week are gone. Maybe the dads are working so the kids can play ball
Posted on 2/27/14 at 10:00 pm to td01241
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Message Posted by td01241 Downvote.
That's fine. But if you're going to go through the trouble to post about it, explain why you down voted it.
Posted on 2/27/14 at 10:00 pm to Darth_Vader
Perhaps the dads of those girls are focusing on their sons' sports while the moms focus on the girls.
It sounds like your report is pretty intrusive as it is, distinguishing "having a father", "having a live-in father" and "no father", so I guess you can probably clear that up.
It sounds like your report is pretty intrusive as it is, distinguishing "having a father", "having a live-in father" and "no father", so I guess you can probably clear that up.
Posted on 2/27/14 at 10:01 pm to Turkey_Creek_Tiger
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its an effect of feminism
Yep. Giving them the right to vote was one of the worst things to happen to this country.
Posted on 2/27/14 at 10:01 pm to Brosef Stalin
Indeed.
Posted on 2/27/14 at 10:01 pm to Darth_Vader
Just feeling babe threads tonight. Nothing against you personally.
Posted on 2/27/14 at 10:01 pm to Darth_Vader
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Where are all the dads?
not everyone is blessed to get of at 5 or 6 (or even earlier than that) every night…
Posted on 2/27/14 at 10:01 pm to Brosef Stalin
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Message Posted by Brosef Stalin Is there about to be some racism in this thread?
Before there is, I am white and all these kids are white except one or two.
Posted on 2/27/14 at 10:02 pm to Brosef Stalin
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Is there about to be some racism in this thread?
i doubt it, but possibly
basically the only social factor that is decreasing over time is children born out of wedlock
Posted on 2/27/14 at 10:03 pm to Darth_Vader
Luke agrees
Posted on 2/27/14 at 10:03 pm to SlowFlowPro
Take advantage of the situation man. Do as Big Ern would do
Posted on 2/27/14 at 10:03 pm to Brosef Stalin
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Is there about to be some racism in this thread?
Nah, OP lives in Alabama, so he is probably coaching a bunch of white lower income class families' kids.
This post was edited on 2/27/14 at 10:05 pm
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