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Fourth of July has always been a time for family to come together and celebrate Freedom, Patriotism, and to enjoy the day with lots of Fireworks, BBQ, Live music, and Hope for the future of our beloved country.

I wanted to share with you a piece of my Fourth of July, as I consider you part of my extended family. As New Jersey State President, Fourth of July represents Hope that I have for our state, our region, and our Future as Phi Theta Kappans in the best region in the country.

I hope that YOUR Fourth of July was as symbolic and meaningful to you as mine was to me. I look forward in meeting you at the 2009 New Jersey State Presidents and Officers Luncheon at Brookdale Community College on July 20. For Directions to Brookdale Community College and/or to RSVP for this event click here.

Below is 18 mins of Live Classic Rock Music from the Fourth of July celebration held at Somers Point Beach in Somers Point New Jersey by Bob Camponella and his band.

Article Summary 1

1. What is the main point the author is making?
   

   The author’s main point was to study the different aspects of a father’s presence or absence on a male child’s moral development. Santrock was testing a hypothesis: that father absence has a negative impact on the moral development of boys. The importance of a father’s responsibilities in teaching morality to his son is consistent, albeit wide-ranging, with social learning theory and other theoretical points of view. The author tested 120 boys using several behavioral and moral affect measures, and moral judgment items. At the conclusion of his study, Santrock found there were no differences in the moral development of father-absent and father-present adolescent boys.
   

2. What are the Research Methods?
   

   Santrock used the experimental method and a questionnaire. He took a sample of 120 fifth and sixth grade subjects from a rural-urban school system in West Virginia. A questionnaire was used to gather information about the boys from their teachers. A sample of Sixty boys were chosen based on theses questionnaires from father-absent homes and the other sixty were chosen from father-present homes.
   

3. Textbook connection to the research (Specific Chapter and Page Number)
   

   Chapter 11, Relationships with Parents pg.303, Attachment Theory: Concepts and Terminology pp. 304-306, Father-child Bonds pg. 305, Parent Child Relationships in Adolescence, pp.309-310.
   

4. Your own Response.
   

   I think that this study is way outdated (1975), it did not go far enough to exclude maternal effect on these boys, a mother can teach her son morality just as much as a father can. In addition, a lot of the data collect was self-reported information. How can we verify that these boys were telling the truth or not? Hey, if someone asked me about how affectionate or angry my mother was to me, I would maybe exaggerate on one question and lie about another. Especially a boy whose father is absent, and the only parent left is his mother, the boy is going to be loyal to his mother. I think that a father’s role, especially in a boy’s life, is critical to not only his moral development, but to the establishment of his identity.
   

5. Attached copy of article.
   

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Father Absence, Perceived Maternal Behavior, And Moral Development in Boys