Family Support
Families supporting each other during difficult periods is nothing new, especially when child care is involved. In a room of 10 people, two or more people are likely to have been raised by an extended family member, grandparent or uncle. This is called kinship care.
Fatherlessness Can Be Fatal
There were more shootings in Chicago over the weekend. The irony of these shootings, in which 52 were shot and 5 died (Chicago Sun-Times Wire, 6/21/21), is the weekend itself….Father’s Day weekend. Some sociologists note that what we’re seeing in large part is quite often the result of fatherlessness in America.
