According to a recent study [3] of young, non-custodial fathers who are behind on their child-support payments, less than half of these men were living with their own father at age 14. ... Yet, despite these qualifications, the trend toward declining male presence in the rearing of young children is unmistakable. ...
- (Ch. 3) The last stanza of the ballad shows almost the exact description of Helen Burns' conviction that death will bring the utmost happiness and comforts, "There is a thought that for strength should avail me; Though both of shelter and kindred despoiled; Heaven is a home, and a rest will not fail me; God is a friend to the poor orphan child- (Ch. 3). ... These statements explain that it will not take money and fortune to get into heaven but that "God is a friend to the poor orphan child- (Ch. 3). ... Reed, Jane's aunt, Jane is treated as though she is a "wicked and abando...
