{"id":2616059,"date":"2026-06-19T08:43:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-most-effective-social-program-is-being-a-good-dad\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T08:46:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:46:45","slug":"the-most-effective-social-program-is-being-a-good-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-most-effective-social-program-is-being-a-good-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Effective Social Program Is Being A Good Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-most-effective-social-program-is-being-a-good-dad%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2616059&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This text highlights the importance of fatherhood and its profound impact on children&#8217;s success and community strength. It references Barack Obama&#8217;s 2008 speech emphasizing that true manhood involves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/j-d-vance-and-the-american-dream\/\" title=\"J.D. Vance and the American Dream\">raising children<\/a> and presents research showing that children without <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >fathers face higher risks<\/a> of poverty, crime, poor education, and behavioral issues. The article discusses the ongoing crisis of fatherlessness in the U.S., especially among Black children, and criticizes socialist and political narratives that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-lebron-james-blame-systemic-racism-for-space-jam-2s-low-box-office-numbers\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did LeBron James Blame Systemic Racism For \u2018Space Jam 2\u2019s\u2019 Low Box Office Numbers?\">blame systemic racism<\/a> or oppression rather of addressing familial structures. It argues that the family unit, particularly the role of fathers, is crucial for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-baby-boomers-are-the-real-snowflakes\/\" title=\"Why Baby Boomers Are The Real Snowflakes\">instilling discipline<\/a>, responsibility, and resilience, which cannot be replaced by government aid. The piece condemns efforts to diminish masculinity and traditional family roles, asserting that weakening families benefits those seeking more government control and power. Ultimately, it advocates for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chiefs-kicker-says-parade-shooting-wasnt-about-the-guns-we-need-strong-fathers\/\" title=\"Chiefs Kicker Attributes Parade Shooting to Lack of Strong ... Figures, Not Guns\">encouraging responsible fatherhood<\/a> as a vital solution over reliance on social programs.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>At the 2008 Democratic convention, then-Sen. Barack Obama made an observation that wasn\u2019t always nearly as controversial as it is today. \u201cWhat makes you a man is not the ability to have a child. It is the courage to raise one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is perhaps the strongest defense of fatherhood ever given by a modern Democratic politician, and yet, it\u2019s hard to imagine that speech being delivered at a Democratic convention in 2026. <\/p>\n<p>Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2008\/06\/text-of-obamas-fatherhood-speech-011094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acknowledged<\/a> what decades of research have consistently shown:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChildren who grow up without a father are roughly five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime. They are nine times more likely to drop out of school. Twenty times more likely to end up in prison.\u00a0They are more likely to have behavioral problems, or run away from home or become teenage parents themselves. And the foundations of our community are weaker because of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obama was right in 2008. Unfortunately, the left no longer seems willing to acknowledge this reality. America has a fatherlessness crisis. One in four children in the United States grows up without a father in the home. Among black children, the figure is close to one in two. Young people who grow up without a father have a much harder time succeeding.<\/p>\n<p>When socialism in Venezuela destroyed our family businesses, our opportunities, and nearly everything we spent years building, my father taught me perseverance and the importance of finding solutions.<\/p>\n<p>He taught me, especially in difficult times, a strong family can do more than any politician or government program ever could.<\/p>\n<p>But too many in America would have you believe otherwise. Are you Black and poor? Systemic racism is holding you back. Are you a woman and not making enough money? Clearly you\u2019re being oppressed by men. Are you a white man and still not having a great life? Poor you. You must be getting exploited by capitalism. <\/p>\n<p>And from this misguided worldview, the solution seems simple. The government should punish the privileged and help the victims with \u201cfree\u201d stuff.<\/p>\n<p>The result is predictable. Beyond the obvious economic failure of socialist policies, you create a society of dependent individuals who expect more and more from the government and less and less from themselves.<\/p>\n<p>But in America, race, ethnicity, or gender does not determine anyone\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>The truth is: there is one prevailing factor that actually predicts poverty, crime, academic failure, and dependence on government far more strongly than any other, and almost nobody wants to talk about it: Growing up without a father in the home.<\/p>\n<p>Why? Because the family is the most important institution of civilization, and within it, the father plays a fundamental role.<\/p>\n<p>A good father teaches discipline, responsibility, and self-control. A good father teaches that life owes you nothing, and if you want something, you have to get up every morning and earn it. A good father teaches you to take responsibility for your mistakes instead of looking for someone else to blame.<\/p>\n<p>Socialists and politicians who want more power need weak families. Because they understand something very simple: Where there is no father, eventually the government will step in to replace him. Worse, it will charge for that assistance with something very dangerous: More political power.<\/p>\n<p>Barack Obama understood something in 2008 that the left has since abandoned. Leftists turn a blind eye to the problem of fatherlessness while also attacking the very things that would solve the problem. Masculinity is smeared as \u201ctoxic.\u201d The nuclear family is dismissed as a relic of the \u201cpatriarchy.\u201d Fathers are treated as optional rather than necessities for raising children.<\/p>\n<p>The same party that once had a president tell black men to step and raise their own children now celebrates the dismantling of the family structure that makes that possible.<\/p>\n<p>That is why they love talking about race, gender, and grievance culture instead of addressing the real problem. And it is why, instead of demanding more social programs, we should work to ensure more fathers embrace the responsibility of being fathers.<\/p>\n<p>Because the government can write checks, and destroy the economy in the process. But it can never replace a father.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Franklin Camargo is a Venezuelan-born PragerU personality and co-author of After Socialism, Freedom.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obama\u2019s 2008 speech praised fatherhood as courage, not just biology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4327,"featured_media":2616060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pexels-gabby-k-7114249.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[37308,52749,17459,35345,47320],"class_list":["post-2616059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-family-values","tag-fatherhood-2","tag-parenting","tag-positive-impact","tag-social-programs"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pexels-gabby-k-7114249.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2616059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2616059"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2616059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2616063,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2616059\/revisions\/2616063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2616060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2616059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2616059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2616059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}