Fatherless sons are more likely to feel anxiety and are at greater risk for depression; if they’re the eldest in the family, they will often take on burdens that their father was meant to bear, and it can be too much for them. Giving sons too many burdens too soon, which can happen in fatherless families, means that they are children who miss out on childhood, and the many benefits that come from it. They too need protection; and they also need an ideal of manhood to aspire to. That comes from a hero dad.
