America's Fathers and Public Policy Report of a Workshop (1994) / Chapter Skim
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Rates of poverty among young children are even higher: 24 percent of all children under 6 years are poor, as-are 50 percent of African American and 40 percent of Hispanic children under 6 years (Bureau of the Census, 1993~. Children can ill afford the absence of a wage-earning parent.
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. The main topics of discussion centered around child support, teenage fathers, fathers of disabled children, and inner-city poor fathers (see the Appendix for the workshop agenda)
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Rather, the discussion centered primarily around the fathers in families that are under stress, for which the government is most likely to intervene: those who are poor, young, have a disabled child, or are absent because of divorce or for other reasons. This report reflects the workshop discussions, augmented by research findings that were either noted in the discussions or provided as background reading by participants.
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There are nonresident fathers who see their children on a regular basis and those who pay little or no attention to them. There are those who support their children willingly, those who are tardy in support payments, those who are unemployed and cannot provide economic support, and those who are unwilling to support their children.
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