Week 8 Post 2

In the book on page 358 Berger talks about family function and family structure. The one line says "usually children do better, emotionally as well as academically, if they live with their fathers (Berger p.358). This is talking in the scene where the parents have divorced. I do not agree with this at all. I know a lot of people who have divorced parents and live with their mom's. Most of these people their fathers are either not in their  life anymore or they do not see them as much as they do their mom. I came from parents who divorced when I was only a few months old. I lived with my mom and saw my dad every other weekend. My father was there for me in my younger years but when my brother and I turned 16 he left and chose a women over us. Having my mom there to support us emotionally and help us in school was great. My father was never there to help in those two areas. When we went to his house we did whatever we wanted and there was no structure that we had to follow. This could also be because my parents chose two completely different parenting styles. My father set no rules and did not care what we did while my mom set rules that we had to abide by. This is the same with all of my friends as well. They lived with their moms' throughout high school and their fathers' did not contribute to their emotional and academic development.