Sentence examples for a father present from inspiring English sources

"They did the best they could, but it was hard not to have a father present".

"Not having a father present didn't mean not having a father," he writes.

"They did the best they could, but it was hard not to have a father present". It was, of course, hard on her, too.

For many American households without a father present, a pastor may be the first and only image of manhood that children will encounter.

I would trace a lot of that poor performance of black kids to not having a father present to make demands and not setting limits.

She repeatedly inconvenienced her life for mine, whether it was choosing to live in a war zone just so her boys could have a father present or interrupting work to drive me home from school, to soccer games, to church.

A father presents his children with a fable as they embark on a journey through the mountains of the book's title, a myth to prepare them for the coming rupture in their lives, one that will echo down generations.

Then he received a notice from his 4-year old's nursery saying it was of utmost importance to the children to have their father or a substitute father present on Father's Day at school.

According to the U.S. Census of Bureau, 24 million children, one out of every three, live without a biological father present in their life.

Ask them and they will tell you they have never sat down at a dinner table with a mother and father present.

For his part, Cunningham credits Alexander's parents, who were one of the few families in the area with a mother and father present.