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Why We Need Fathers to Make the Family Name Great Again, by Delano Squires – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Delano Squires, The Daily Signal, June 27, 2025

Delano Squires is a research fellow in the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family at The Heritage Foundation.

Conservatives in politics and culture are wise to make fatherlessness a focal point of their family policy priorities.

Children who grow up with both parents are more likely to attend college and less likely to go to prison. Conversely, father absence is linked to poverty, teen pregnancy, youth crime, worse academic outcomes, and substance abuse.

But there is something else that a society loses when millions of children grow up without a present father; namely, the power of the family name.

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The concept of a “family name” begins with a surname (e.g., Smith, Williams), but definitely doesn’t end there. It also encompasses the “brand” a family develops within its community over time. …

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