The Heart of the Matter: Families and Fatherhood

The Heart of the Matter: Families and Fatherhood
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Jeff Minick
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Embedded in MacDonald’s article are the real reasons for juvenile crime and incivility, both in and out of school: the breakdown of families and absentee fathers.
Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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