Today's moderator: Rick Badie
Rick Badie joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as an education reporter in 1997. A South Georgia native, he's covered the region's immigrant communities, was a feature obituary writer and opinion columnist for the AJC's Gwinnett edition.
The myth of the absentee black father may be just that. So says new data by the National Center for Health Statistics. Turns out, black dads who live with their children are just as involved as other fathers who live with their kids. Or even more so. I tackle the topic in a column, while a conservative offers a counterview. Meanwhile, a professor who has researched black fatherhood admonishes society to stop trying to identify "bad dads" and work to uplift them all.
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Today's columnists:
- Fatherhood is tough, vital work by Rick Badie
- Black fatherless fuels social ills by Jerome Hudson
- Stop identifying "bad dads" by Roberta L. Coles
