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WHAT HAPPENS TO CHILDREN DEPRIVED OF THEIR NATURAL FATHERS

WHAT HAPPENS TO CHILDREN DEPRIVED OF THEIR NATURAL FATHERS

Compared to children in male-headed traditional families where their
natural parents are married to each other, children living in
female-headed single-parent, lesbian or other environments where they are
deprived of their natural fathers are:

1. Eight times more likely to go to prison.
2. Five times more likely to commit suicide.
3. Twenty times more likely to have behavioral problems.
4. Twenty times more likely to become rapists.
5. 32 times more likely to run away.
6. Ten times more likely to abuse chemical substances.
7. Nine times more likely to drop out of high school.
8. 33 times more likely to be seriously abused.
9. 73 times more likely to be fatally abused.
10. One-tenth as likely to get A’s in school.
11. On average have a 44% higher mortality rate.
12. On average have a 72% lower standard of living

First Annual Fathers Appreciation Dinner@ City Hal « Unifiedfathersforlife’s Weblog

First Annual Fathers Appreciation Dinner@ City Hal « Unifiedfathersforlife’s Weblog

First Annual Fathers Appreciation Dinner@ City Hal

Friday April 18^th marked the beginning of a new era for families everywhere as we presented the First Annual Fathers Appreciation Dinner@ City Hall. For those that may not be familiar the Tom Bradley Room is on the 27^th floor of city hall, a breathtaking view to say the least.  Minister Sar Amiel of the Hebrew Israelites was the Master of Ceremonies for this family oriented gathering. “Where are our Fathers” Among the speaker was sister Roneyah (Dianah Wynter) of A Taste of Life who is also an award winning film producer of much critical acclaim. She took us back to her own relationship with her dad, who she says without him she would not be who she is today. She shared with us a story back in Brooklyn when she was only seven years of age and her father took her to get her first pair of eye glasses so that she know longer had to squint at the world. We had a number of other speakers who came up to share the their stories, their love, trials and tribulations of the process of being a dad. Among the men were George Matos who brought his beautiful daughter Adriana, Darnell Guy who told his story of how his wife left and the judge charged him but for his children he would do anything. The evening was made additionally special when O G Man (Manuel Compito) who himself was honored by Councilwoman Jan Parry for his outstanding citizenship and leadership in the Skid Row area. OG was reunited with his four year old son after two years plus all his other family members to make this event a total and loving success. We want to thank our sponsors, The Hebrew Israelites, United Coalition East Prevention Project, Movies on the Nickel, Corporation for History, Art& Culture& SRO Housing, Food Provided by LA Mission. Special thanks to the offices of Councilwoman Jan Parry of the 9th District.

 

 

Michael Blaze

Founder of:

Unified Fathers For Life

Let God Be Magnified

 

 

First Annual Fathers Dinner

First Annual Fathers Appreciation Dinner to be held in the Tom Bradley Towers on top of Los Angeles City Hall Friday April 18^th .

Thanks to the efforts of Councilwoman Jan Perry and her hardworking staff we are expecting fathers, children and everyone’s favorite, mothers. We recognize that many mothers have to ware the hat of the father too, moms we honor you, and we love you. Unified Fathers For Life, United Coalition East Prevention Project, Movies on The Nickel, Corporation for History, Art& culture, Skid Row Photography Club:Contact Blaze @ unifiedfathersforlife@yahoo.com

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CCE Parenting-Rich Communities Initiative

                  Parenting-Rich Communities

Making Children a National Priority

Community Building & Networking

A parenting-rich community values families and the roles of parents and caregivers. It supports parents and caregivers from all backgrounds raising children from infancy through young adulthood and beyond.Resources, information, and supports are abundant and readily available in parenting-rich communities. Public perceptions of parents and parenting must be expanded to recognize that parents need support throughout their children’s lives. Investing in parents is seen as a wise use of resources, not only because it prevents many serious problems for children and youth, but because it recognizes what all parents want for their children, which is the very best.

President Bush is determined to make responsible fatherhood a national priority. Over the last four decades, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of children growing up in homes without fathers.

The commitment of this initiative is to reverse the rise in father/ mothers absence should improve the job skills of low income fathers; promote marriage among parents; help low-income fathers/ mothers establish positive relationships with their children and the children’s mothers’/ fathers; and enlist the potency of faith-based and community groups that are closest to the needs of, and can provide the most direct support to, fathers, mothers and children.

A parenting-rich community is aware of how systems affect parents and their children. The community takes responsibility for building on its strengths while working hand in hand to remedying its weaknesses to build a comprehensive support network that nurtures parents and helps all children thrive. Public policy decisions on such topics as economic development, zoning, education, and social, recreational, and cultural services are made with an understanding of their effects on parents and their parenting role. It is a community where supporting parents in the wonderful, difficult, and challenging task of raising children is seen as fundamental to the community’s social and economic well being.

We must seek to identify the best practices to strengthen parents’ abilities to raise their children well as possible. Whether our children are 2, 22, or even 62, few things are more rewarding than hearing your child say, “Thank you.” Thank you for looking after me, for showing me the difference between right and wrong, for encouraging me, for teaching me how to tie my shoes, how to read, how to throw a ball, how to cook a meal, how to balance a checkbook, and so much more. Unfortunately, many parents aren’t as able to get the help they need. Some work long hours or hold down two jobs, others struggle as single parents. In today’s more mobile world, many have moved away from the communities where their own parents or extended family still live, thus losing willing caretakers and sources of advice. And some live isolated lives in families and communities that are too transient to form close ties or are torn apart by violence and drugs.

This CCE entita commitment to reverse the rise in father absence should improve the job skills of low income fathers; promote marriage among parents; help low-income fathers establish positive relationships with their children and the children’s mothers; and enlist the potency of faith-based and community groups that are closest to the needs of, and can provide the most direct support to, fathers and families.

Although there is some data on the well being of these children and youth, none could answer two simple questions: Who’s raising these children, and how are they doing? Data on a community’s adults often is scattered across city and county departments and nonprofit agencies that have little interaction with child-serving agencies and counties. The data rarely distinguishes adults raising children from adults who are not.

An online search for community needs assessment information will yield a range of tools and resources. Some will focus on inventorying existing programs and supports for specific neighborhoods or populations. Some will direct you to identify strengths of community residents, faith organizations, and grassroots organizations. Others will guide you in collecting information around social issues or target populations to gain an understanding of specific problems in one’s community.Although each of these approaches is helpful in learning about aspects of a community, none creates a big picture from which to begin. For instance, one of the most common approaches involves inventorying existing programs and services. This is helpful in identifying where services are needed and what gaps exist for different groups of people. If, however, you use this process to assess community needs and strengths, information will emerge that creates solutions around developing more programs, which may or may not address the social issues family reunification fully, hence a more comprehensive approach to a solution must come from as broad range of resources working united under one banner directed at braking the cycles of those to come in the next generation.

When children are effectively parented, they feel better about themselves and their abilities. They enter school excited and ready to learn. And, they are more likely to achieve there fullest potential at school and to make positive contributions to community life.

These effectively parented children are also more prone, as they become adults, to be healthy, law-abiding citizens, and to have successful careers and family lives.

(B)When it comes to nurturing our youth, we have to do better. I am especially concerned about early education, which can (and usually does) have a profoundly negative effect on creativity. In the race to understand what children learn, we are far too enthusiastic about celebrating their successes. What is more fascinating is what children do wrong. Even the concept of “wrong” should get some attention. Disassembling erroneous concepts is one of the best ways to find new ideas. The process is akin to debugging a computer program and has almost nothing to do with drill and practice (which is once again becoming a cornerstone of schooling).

Our biggest challenge in stimulating a creative culture is finding ways to encourage multiple points of views. An example is that many engineering deadlocks, have been broken by people who are not engineers at all. This is simply because perspective is more important than IQ. The irony is that perspective will not get kids into college, nor does it help them thrive there. Academia rewards depth. Expertise is bred by experts who work with their own kind. Departments and labs focus on fields and sub fields, now and then adding or subtracting a domain. Graduate degrees, not to mention tenure, depend upon tunneling into truths and illuminating ideas in narrow areas.

Contact: Blaze

Friday March 7, 2008 – 09:19am (PST)

Unified Fathers For Life

Unified Fathers For Life

Reuniting Families One Father At A Time

Child Support Issues

1) Establish visitation rights

2) Driver’s license renewal
3) Adjust child support payments
4) Housing and Employment referrals
5) Fatherhood awareness initiative
6) Non-custodial mothers welcomed

A Free Community Service

Non-custodial Mothers are welcome as well

800 E. 6th Street, the Corner of Stanford Street

Los Angeles, CA 90021

Unifiedfathersforlife@yahoo.com / (213) 784-1692

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