source 1- anotated bibliography

Magellan Health Services, "The Importance of Father Figures in a teen's life." 2009. Magellan Health Services, Inc. 22 Mar 2009 http://www.magellanassist.com/Mem/library/?TopicId=189&CategoryId=0&ArticleId=225.

The Magellan Health Services web site posts all of their sources and show where all of the information they used was gathered from. They are backed by groups such as Council on Accreditation (COA)/Employee Assistance Society of North America (EASNA), American Accreditation Health Care Commission/URAC, and National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
In “The Importance of Father Figures in a Teen’s Life” many facts are presented. To start off with the major and most prevalent items were listed first: not having a father figure makes teens more vulnerable to mental or emotional problems, teen pregnancy, criminal behavior, and drug abuse. It mentions the differences among races, or if the father figure is around for part of the time or just completely absent all together. The article even mentions the fathers that are “there” all of the time but don’t exactly know how to emotionally “be there” for their child. There are facts such as “: fatherless children are up to 10 times more likely to be economically disadvantaged, twice as likely to drop out of school, more likely to commit crimes or to behave antisocially, and 2 to 3 times more likely to have emotional problems,” and that “According to one study, 80 percent of imprisoned criminals come from fatherless homes as do 82 percent of pregnant teens. Fatherless children are also at a significantly increased risk for drug abuse as teenagers. For example, girls without fathers are 40 percent more likely to abuse drugs.” There was mention that amount and level of involvement in a teen’s upbringing can effect the teen's mental well-being, perceptual abilities, and social skills. It was also present that those teens with more active fathers are more compassionate later in life.
This is helpful because it contains information on what could happen if a child doesn’t have a father figure and how it could possibly affect a child’s life. I feel it is reliable because many other sources are used that could easily be checked.
Based on what I saw when I checked the sources, I feel as if this is a reliable source that is pretty biased on the opinions of how important they feel a father figure is in a child’s life.