To Truly Reduce Racial Disparities, We Must Acknowledge Black Fathers Matter
(Originally published at The Federalist) Americans must confront the injustice of George Floyd’s death and examine issues of police use of force. We should review sentencing guidelines and revisit qualified immunity. We must never dismiss the generational effects of...
Victoria – The impact of total abandonment by my biological father, and in part by my mother, has left me with emotional pain that still plays out today
My purpose in writing this is to explain some of the pain I have experienced by not having my mother and father raise me. I hope my story can be a cautionary tale for anyone considering sex outside of traditional marriage. In no way do I advocate for abortion. I am...
Maggie – I’ll never fully heal from having an absent father and being raised by a single mother
I grew up as an only child of a single mother, and as a young kid I never really questioned it. My father had been around briefly when I was born up until age 3. I saw him a few times a year after that, and then not at all from ages 5-11. It seemed so simple to me...![Corbin – Most of my youth [my mom] was a lesbian. My father decided that he has always been a woman](https://thembeforeus.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/pexels-photo-220444-1080x675.jpeg)
