Frontline

Season 13 Episode 16: The Vanishing Father

In less than two generations, a seismic shift has occurred in the makeup of the American family. Today,fatherlessness has become the norm for about forty percent of American children and, some experts believe, contributes to some of our most urgent social problems. FRONTLINE explores this dramatic change in the American family and the startling findings of sociologists that, despite economic status, children from single parent homes are twice as likely to drop out of high school, to become teen-age mothers, and to spend time in jail.

Genre:

Documentary, News

Seasons:

45

Episodes:

854

Actor:

Will Lyman

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

1983

IMDb:

6.6