An exercise I did in a class with disciplining kids was to have them write a paragraph about who their role model is and why. The girls repeatedly wrote about their mother and the boys wrote about anything but a father. This prompted further research and that research created the epiphany of the impact of fatherlessness. That was thirty years ago and I’ve watched it exacerbate ever since.I agree. Every kid looks up to these sports figures as heroes.LeBron is an anomaly who has skills and had coaches to offset no daddy. Fatherless black males all think they’ll be the next LeBron.3 out of 4 have no daddy. That perspective comes from decades of working with high school kids here in mostly black PG County, MD for decades.
That's garbage, most fathers live with their children. You do know that if the parents aren't married that count the household as a single family, even though, the father lives in the household. It is totally amazing that you went to every black family in Maryland to figure that out. How long did it take you to do that?
The left wing agenda of feminism and racial segregation obfuscates the family structure problem by supporting single motherhood, homosex and race victimhood.
Give a few examples of this.
Sports that benefit from black skill sets have been dominated and hijacked by segregationist black culture. Basketball has become a Black right of passage.
Watch coverage of NBA and NCAA basketball tournament.
The talk show hosts you cite likely don’t have nearly as much perspective on this as I do so why would I consult them?
You're talking loud, but you aren't saying shit. I watch both and I don't see that bullshit you are spewing, Let's take Lebron James for an example, he is nothing but a great role model for a young black man who came from a single family home. He is an outstanding young man, great husband and father.
Look at every predominantly black jurisdiction and you’ll find the combination of fatherlessness and social demise. Been that way for over fifty years.
a lot of kids, fatherless or not, white or black want to be the next Lebron. I get that it’s not a realistic goal, but I don’t see it as harmful to anyone’s development
How many kids have told you that?
All that does is put the onus on those athletes to realize the impact they can have on kids. In spite of that, the kids still need fathers first. The athletes are no substitute for that. An enhancement, an influence but not a substitute.
Hmmm, who has said that athletes should take the place of someone's father.
To answer your last question, this thread is about a b-baller and not a father being a role model.