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Any father who doubts that his absence isn't having a damaging effect on his children should listen to the telling letters in the new documentary 'Dear Daddy.' The film explores the long-term effects of absentee fathers on eight young women in Washington, D.C., and aims to bring awareness to the epidemic of single-parenting in the black community.
"82.3% is the number of African-American children born since 1990 that will not live in the same home as their biological fathers before graduating High School," according to iYAGO Entertainment Group.
In the film, director Janks Morton attempts to locate the girls' fathers to show them their daughters' heartfelt letters and ultimately to reunite the fathers and daughters. Watch the preview to get a glimpse of 'Dear Daddy's' emotional reunions.
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By: Whatever? on 7/27/2011 1:23PM
What makes me mad about these stories is it doesn't tell men to help take care of the kids. Women struggle to raise these kids all alone while black media says "He doesn't need to financially support the kids. Just show up with kisses and pathetic apologies!" Well "I love you" doesn't feed and clothe children. I agree kids need their fathers but I refused to struggle while my ex shows up empty handed but he has hugs....NOT ENOUGH! Then had the nerve to go have more kids by other women and demand they all know each other!
When my children were old enough to meet their father they understood why I had to go it alone for survival.
So I applaud all those fathers who have supported their children emotionally AND financially!!!
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By: Heidi Reeves on 7/27/2011 6:05PM
I applaud them too, but the biggest problem is that some of these "Worthless Men/Boys" are just that Worthless...these women need to choose better before they lay up with a man and remember these men/boys probably didn't have a father image either, so parenting skills do not apply to them, it is such a sad state of affairs.
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By: Patricia on 7/27/2011 2:23PM
What about mother who willfully denied the father access to the kids, interpret letters, phone calls, and evening moved and don’t tell the father where she live hence he cannot see his kid because he doesn’t know where they are, some mother are not totally innocence
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By: Whatever on 7/27/2011 3:41PM
@Patricia-Funny my ex's wife told me the same story until she learned he was LYING and had me thinking we were going to get married and sneaked and married her and told her my daughters weren't his!!! The other women always believes what comes out of his mouth. Talk to the mother of the children and find out why she won't let him near them. I promise there is a story......
@luv-I wasn't discussing good fathers like what you experienced!!!
You would be surprised how many of my girlfriends thanked me for stopping the brainwashing and making them get the child support over phony hugs, kisses and more lies. They needed that money to feed their kids while these bums make more kids.....
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By: Queen on 7/27/2011 5:13PM
Patricia, in legitimate situations these women need to be drawn and quatered that deny these men (the ones who REALLY want to see their kids) but most men like the other commenter said are LYING they tell that lie so THEY don't look like the bad guy.
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By: luvnfears on 7/27/2011 2:45PM
my daughter's father passed away a couple of years ago due to health problems. she's 10 and i wonder how will she act not having her dad around when she is older. he was there for her with those kisses and just to play games with her but that was fine with my. as long as he loved her and she knew it. being a single mom is very frustrating at times but i gotta do for me and my baby.
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By: chavonne on 7/27/2011 4:02PM
Im waiting for the documentary that speaks to the association between unwanted pregnancy... womens continueddeclarations of my body my choice while abdicating the responsibility for birth control (20+) to men.... and the subsequent denial of mens voice in the reproductive decision making that contributes to fatherlessness. Poor decisons pre-conception and post-conception and our denial of our role in this mess would make for a good documentary. Why not a documentary where we are honest with our daughters about the REAL reasons their fathers are not a part of their lives. ...Like the young woman in a family session years ago that decided to share with her daughter that her father was a married man when she knowingly slept with him and decided to go to term with the pregnancy... the daughter now married herself has a better understanding of the circumstances surrounding her birth and continues to struggle with intense feelings of resentment,not towards her bio father, but her mother!
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By: pimpinperry2 on 7/27/2011 4:40PM
I agree we need a documentary about the real issues surrounding lack of fathers in the black households and stop playing on the emotions. No one wants to discuss the real reasons. It's much easier just to blame the man.
Are there men who fathers childrens and don't care for them? Yes there are, but what about the fathers who do want to be there or the man input into preganancy issue. No say on whether or not the women should have the child yet is expected to pay child support and be a father regardless if he's ready or not.
This is the price that society pays for all of the politicians that has pacified women with these crazy laws. Nothing will change until the laws giving mens equal reproductive rights.
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By: P on 7/27/2011 5:23PM
Pimpin Perry you are spot on in your assessment. I'm troubled by the onesie twosie commentaries that people have regarding absentee fathers, when in actuality, there are so many other components that are in place that unconsciously support this foolishness, including one being that just because the woman is the incubator of the child, she has some type of unwritten more rights/authority than the father does. Nor am I an advocate of parental visitition being in alignment with support - those are two separate issues, both of them important as it relates to child rearing. A child is not a piece a property nor a bargaining chip.
I'm a woman, and I don't prescribe to the talons being pulled out for guys if the woman is upset or frustrated that the relationship soured. Seek counseling, prayer and get over it.
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By: aprilgyrl3 on 7/27/2011 5:51PM
Why is it our race seems expendable? I also grew up without a father and when I did learn of him he didn't want me. The hurt and resentment and often times hatred I felt took years to over come. If black society wants to know why our child finish last in almost everything you need look no further than the empty lives and broken hearts left by broken families.
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