Five Reasons Why Moms Establish Paternity, and Five Reasons They Don\’t

By National Fatherhood Initiative on 07/20/2016

\”… As vital as paternity establishment can be to increase the chance that an unmarried dad will be involved in his child\’s life, little research exists on the reasons why an unmarried mom chooses or not to name the dad as her child\’s father. 

That\’s why the research conducted on 800 unmarried Texas moms by the Child and Family Research Partnership at the University of Texas at Austin continues to be so valuable in increasing the knowledge of direct-service providers about the factors that influence their ability to effectively engage fathers. This research reveals 11 motivators for an unmarried mom establishing paternity. …\”
  
 Read the entire article on: http://www.fatherhood.org/fatherhood/why-moms-establish-paternity