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    Fatherless Child I am 16 years old and counting‚ and still fatherless with crazy thoughts‚ imagining he’s dead or if I did something to keep him away. I have always wondered where my father could be. My emotions were always uncertain about where he could be and why he wasn’t present in my life. Never wanted it to be known I had that I cared and had a heart to know where his presents was. Somehow my mother managed to still loving care for me without a mate to help. For example‚ My anger caused

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    From the original perspective which is carried out up to date some communities and individuals‚ women had been regarded with the role of rearing children. Biologically it is necessity that women give birth as well upholds the responsibility of feeding the baby. Traditionally‚ women were thus considered as natural parents while fathers were only regarded to be important during conception after which they were considered to be nuisance. Though fathers are nowadays getting involved in child care more

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    divorced. Next‚ she finds out her dad is not going to help pay child support and then gets sent to the school counselor for anger management. Then‚ Rebecca‚ her sister decides to invite her dad to her wedding‚ who she sorely hates. Lily still hasn’t said anything about her brother’s ordeal‚ so her whole family is still in the dark. Finally though‚ when Nathaniel‚ her little brother runs away‚ Michael explains what happens and they decide what to do with their dad. Lily finally knows there are “friends

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    of a Toxic Person I used to deny my dad as being "Toxic". I made it seem like in my head that my dad was the best person to walk this planet. I never really saw his true colors‚ until I started understanding what my mom did not want me to know. My dad made me feel like everything was my fault. When in reality he was at fault for making me feel that way. Not to mention he made my mom feel worthless so he could feel good about his self. The causes of my dad being a toxic person are cheating along

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    his personal things and plans to run away from home. Billy takes his dads cigarettes and champagne. Kiss The Dog Billy is sitting on the veranda with his dog ‘Bunkbrain’. Billy wants to bring ‘Bunkbrain’ with him because he reckons no one “deserves to stay in this dump”. But bringing a dog would cause many inconveniences. Billy takes off. Longlands Road Billy walking through Longlands Road. This place is full of deadbeat no-hoper shithole lonely downtrodden house. Billy says his goodbye to

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    that they are not worth it. This has affected their lives and each one of them deals with it differently. Piquette’s mother who escaped‚ “She took off a few years back. Can’t say I blame her.” (page. 107). Piquette’s father is an alcoholic‚ lazy deadbeat‚ “Piquette cooks for them‚and she says Lazarus would never do anything for himself as long as she’s there.” (page 107). Piquette hates everyone back because that is the way she has been treated‚ “Piquette looked at me with a sudden flash of scorn”

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    Stacey Huber Professor Mackey LAL 102: 02 11 May 2011 Child Support Enforcement: One Law Does Not Fit All Single parents are becoming the norm these days and the government has stepped in to assist these custodial parents to make things fair. It takes two people to make a child so it seems only fair that two people support the child financially‚ right? I am a single mother. My daughter’s father‚ Donnie‚ and I were never married and weren’t together at the time of her birth. He wasn’t around

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    his new family. John Smith is one of 3 million divorced men who have had very little control over decisions of custody and child support. These men feel that as implemented‚ these laws favor the mothers and force men into choosing to become deadbeat dads. Show status of situation: how many children live in divorced homes; what percentage of das get custody; show how in a typical situation‚ mothers get custody‚ and fathers paay support. This situation

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    sixteen year old boy who has a lack of connection to his family and alcoholic father as well as a lack of connection to place‚ although he feels a connection with nature.In the poem “Longlands Road” Billy says “i throw one rock on the roof of each deadbeat‚ no-hoper‚ shithole‚ lonely‚ downtrodden house in Longlands Road”. This shows the audience how much he doesn’t care about his community in a condescending and bitter tone. in order to counteract this lack of belonging billy goes down to the creek

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    As Jeanette’s dad is no longer contributing to the family like he should‚ Jeannette struggles to convince her siblings he is there for them in a conversation they have ‘“Dad has to start carrying his weight‚’ Lori said… ‘He does!’ I said. ‘He brings money from odd jobs.’ ‘He spends more on booze‚’ Brian said”’.(78) This quote supports my claim

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