Selective recognition in the West Indies? We salute you A.I. Kallicharan!

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children anyway, are always happy events and joys to be hold :cheesy:
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Be that as it may ....BUT .....Fatherless children is a negative influence :

It is an evil of the Afro Caribbean society...

and there are statistics to support it !  :wink:

http://www.thefreepressonline.co.uk/news/1/1985.htm

[quote author=ketchim link=topic=63618.msg468365#msg468365 date=1356619350]
Be that as it may ....BUT .....Fatherless children is a negative influence :

It is an evil of the Afro Caribbean society...

and there are statistics to support it !  :wink:
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there is room here to post them..and foster a discussion of those stats and all their inter-connections. 


be my guest..or is it chairman's guest?

[quote author=ketchim link=topic=63618.msg468367#msg468367 date=1356619625]
Comment on the impact of absentee males and the matriarchal/female

led household for modern day society in the Caribbean.
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any specific aspect you have in mind.  its a large issue...absentee males! what about absentee black males..fathers?

http://caribbeanagri.blogspot.ca/2012/10...e-and.html

Fathers play a role to develop the child to become independent in society, develop breadwinner habits in other terms be the provider.

To better say a father moulds and shapes the ‘manly’ behaviour of the child.

One major reason due to the absence of a male figure in modern day society

households in the Caribbean is because of previous times mainly slavery.

In the Caribbean region, the issue of absentee fathers has become a huge social issue

especially in modern times.

Absence of fathers and "father" figures are predominant in the case of persons of

African descent as it stems from the slavery period....

Additionally, boys may engage in crime and drugs and young girls in prostitution

or relationship with men (often older) to meet basic physical needs for themselves

and the family.

http://askmoniquefenech.weebly.com/child...thers.html

Good audio  :wink:

Monique,

I fell in love with a man, I now have a 28 month old baby boy, that he sees occasionally.

He's 27 years old, running the streets and still in and out of jail

for reasons that make no sense.

Are there any resources I can pass on to him, maybe to change his mind so he

can be a better father and partner?

Fatherless  ::redface::