Father absence
Lack of a male parent in raising a child / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Father absence occurs when parents separate and the father no longer lives with his children and provides no parental investment. Parental separation has been proven to affect a child's development and behavior. Early parental divorce (during primary school) has been associated with greater internalizing and externalizing behaviors in the child,[1][2] while divorce later in childhood or adolescence may dampen academic performance.
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Whilst father's absence mainly results from parental divorce and separation,[3][4] including parental alienation, other factors such as family poverty and developmental difficulties have been associated with father absence,[5][6][7][8][9] the effects of which have been explained by various theoretical approaches.