Study Reveals The TRUTH About ‘Horrible’ Black Fathers (VIDEO)

A study by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) debunks the myth that Black fathers are less involved with their children than white or Hispanic fathers. In fact, Black fathers are actually more likely than white or Hispanic fathers to participate in their children’s care.

The CDC  Study

The CDC interviewed a group of about 5,400 fathers aged 15 to 44. It sorted the data by the age, race/ethnicity, and level of education as well as

— fathers who lived with their children and fathers who did not;

— whether the children were five years old or younger or six through 18; and

— married, cohabiting, or neither.

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Live-In Or Not

It’s no surprise that the most important factor that affected the fathers’ involvement with their children was whether they lived in the same household. Fathers who lived with their children were much more likely to feed them or eat meals with them,bathes or dress them, help with homework or check that homework was done, talk about the children’s day, or take them to activities than fathers who lived elsewhere.

The study counted as fathers men who lived with and helped care for the children of their wife or cohabiting partner from previous relationships as well as biological and adopted children. Among these men, married fathers were more involved than cohabiting fathers.

Children Aged Five And Under

The CDC asked whether and how often fathers diapered, fed or had meals with,bathed, dressed their children (or helped them bathe, dress themselves, or use the toilet). The answers were every day, several times a week, or once a week or less.

Among men who were married or lived with a partner and lived with their children, 70.4 percent of Black fathers performed these tasks every day, compared to 60 percent of White fathers and 45 percent of Hispanic fathers.

Among the fathers who did not live with their children, Black men were more likely to do these tasks every day (12.7 percent) than Hispanic (7.3 percent) or White fathers (6.6 percent). Black fathers also were the least likely to report that they had not done these tasks at all in the last four weeks (34.2 percent) than White (38.6 percent) or Hispanic fathers (65.7 percent).

Black Fathers Of School-Aged Children

Among the fathers who lived with their children, Black men were much more likely to take their children to or from activities (27.1 percent) than White (19.5 percent) or Hispanic  men (22.8 percent).

They also were more likely to help their children with homework or check that it had been done (69 percent) compared to Hispanic (64.3 percent) or White fathers (61.9 percent). Although fathers who did not live with their children were less likely to help with homework, Black fathers were more likely to do so than White or Hispanic fathers.

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Michelle Oxman is a writer, blogger, wedding officiant, and recovering attorney. She lives just north of Chicago with her husband, son, and two cats. She is interested in human rights, election irregularities, access to health care, race relations, corporate power, and family life.Her personal blog appears at www.thechangeuwish2c.com. She knits for sanity maintenance.