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Fathers and Jobs: Working Is Not the Same as Being Stable
A father who says he has had four jobs in the past year may sound employed on paper. But inside his household, those four jobs can tell four very different stories. Perhaps each move represented advancement. Maybe he left one position on Friday and started a better one Monday with more money, better hours, and a shorter commute. That’s mobility.
But another father might have spent weeks or months between those same four jobs, watching bills accumulate while trying to keep his car running, his child-support obligation current, food in his refrigerator, and his parenting schedule intact. That’s instability.
The Work Beneath the Surface: What We Heard at Our Fatherhood Program Graduation
What made these conversations at our Dad & Company graduation compelling wasn’t the difficulty of the experiences being described. It was the willingness of the people in the room to acknowledge that growth begins when we accept responsibility for how we respond.
The patience a father learns today may become the patience his child extends to someone decades from now. The emotional maturity demonstrated during a difficult parenting exchange may eventually become the model that child carries into adulthood.
Schools Must Do A Better Job w/ Father Engagement and Involvement
Family engagement also means “Father Engagement”. It is a must that both parents are engaged, irregardless of the marital and living situation.