The 101 ways black fathers can teach all men to stay engaged with their children [Hechingerreport.org]

Samantha Sangenito 3/4/154:00 AM

What behaviors make for an ideal father when the nuclear family has been blown up like the Cosby Show?

Fathering as a practice has never been tethered to a household or marriage, especially for the sons of slavery and Jim Crow. Most black children – 72 percent – are bornout of wedlock. And although approximately 54 percent of black children live with only their mothers, rising rates ofcohabitation and mixed-status families among all races are increasingly reflecting the black family experience, which has always represented the modern family.

[For more of this story, written by Andre Perry, go to http://hechingerreport.org/101...ay-engaged-children/]

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