"Life Without Father"

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This paper analyzes David Popenoe's hypothesis which states that two parents are essential for the upbringing of healthy well-adjusted individuals. The author of "Life Without Father" blames youth issues such as violence, teen pregnancy, abuse of drugs and alcohol on fatherless households and backs his claim with research and statistics.
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"Functionalism focuses on the reasons for social organization. The claim is that structures which do not function well within society, or that prove themselves unnecessary, vanish with time. This appears to be the process to which the nuclear family, or fatherhood within the family, is now subjected. However, according to Popenoe this is not beneficial for society, and thus functionalism, while providing for the basic principles outlined in Life Without Father, does not account for the fact that an essential component of society appears to be vanishing."

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