The Daddy Gap: 1 in 4 Fathers Don’t Live with Their Kids | Intellectual Takeout

The Daddy Gap: 1 in 4 Fathers Don’t Live with Their Kids | Intellectual Takeout
"Over the last 20 years, I’ve spent a good deal of time working with kids from the inner city. 
Through this interaction, I’ve grown accustomed to the fact that biological fathers are virtually non-existent in the homes of the children I know. 
...a startling conversation with a handful of kids. 
They explained, quite matter-of-factly, that the offspring of their fathers numbered in the upper teens.

I was amazed at the sheer number of siblings this gave each kid. 

But when I pressed the issue further, I found they seemed oblivious to this fact. 

They explained that they usually just viewed the children of their mother – many of whom were half-siblings – as their real siblings.
...So why did they view half-siblings by their mothers as closer kin? 
Then I realized what was going on. 
Their mothers and their children were present. 
Their fathers ...were not. 
And that made all the difference..."
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