2. Style of communication, dress, music preferences, recreation and achievement.

3. Good friends can motivate, encourage and empathize
Good friends can motivate, encourage and empathize. They look out for each others’ wellbeing.

4. Teens who are not close to their parents, or do not have a caring adult to guide them, are vulnerable to a number of issues; early sexual activity, substance abuse, behavior problems, depression and delinquency.

6. Having a father present in the home affects the social and emotional development of both males and females.
Girls learn to appreciate their own femininity from the one male that is most special in their life…they learn that they are love-worthy. The onset of sexual behaviors are delayed by about 2 years when a father is present in the home.
Boys learn how to be “a man”. They learn about male responsibility and achievement and about how to be suitably assertive and independent and learn how to relate acceptably to the opposite sex.