In today's society it is very common for a child to grow up in a home where one of the parents is absent. In most cases it is usually the father that is not present, particularly in African American homes. "In the United States today, 16,334,000 children under age 18 live in single mother homes (Fluty 4)." Single parent homes affect children psychology producing negative effects on the child's esteem, behavior, as well as education. Fatherless homes also take a greater toile particularly on boys, rather than girls.
             Growing up in a single parent home effects children's self-esteem. They may develop negative feelings about themselves. They start to feel unwanted because they do not have a father that is actively present in their lives. They see how other families, particularly Caucasian families, who have both parents in the home. In a black community it is not uncommon for the father to not be in the home. There is, also a large number of children who don't even know who there father is. Children might think of themselves as lesser, or not as good as those who do. This causes repressed anger and resentment towards their father. Children might not always show signs, but it affects them in the inside. It also causes a feeling of sadness and loneliness. They want to be mad but there is a part of them that stills wants to have a loving relationship with their father. I can relate to this. My father and I do not have a close relationship, and because of this I do not like him. I almost want to say I hate him. I'm mad at the fact that he was not there for me when I really needed him. I would have loved to have had him apart of my life and to have done some of the things that fathers and daughters do. Because my father was absent, it has not caused me to act out, but it stills affects me in the inside.
             Sometimes children develop behavioral problems. A lot of single African Americ...