The unmarried mother, a perennial subject for the balladeer, is also one of society's concerns. Last week a U.S. psychiatrist was worrying about the unmarried mother's equally prevalent opposite number: the unmarried father.
Dr. Norman Reider, head psychiatrist at San Francisco's Mt. Zion Hospital, having completed a study of bastards' fathers, has concluded that they, too, have a pretty rough row to hoe. All kinds of unsettling decisions suddenly confront the unwed father. Should he admit his paternity? Is he sure, after all, that he is the father? Should he marry the girl? Should he feel proud or ashamed of himself?
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