Fatherless Homes Now Proven Beyond Doubt Harmful To Children
Children from fatherless homes are*:
15.3 times more likely to have behavioral disorders
4.6 times more likely to commit suicide
6.6 times more likely to become teenaged mothers
24.3 times more likely to run away
15.3 times more likely to have behavioral disorders
6.3 times more likely to be in a state-operated institutions
10.8 times more likely to commit rape
6.6 times more likely to drop out of school
15.3 times more likely to end up in prison while a teenage
73% of adolescent murderers come from mother only homes
6.3 times more likely to be in state operated institutions
Daughters who live in mother only homes are 92% more likely to divorce**
CHILDREN NEED BOTH PARENTS Its a Fact – Heres why:
63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes. (Source: U.S. D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census).
90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes.
85% of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes. (Source: Center for Disease Control).
80% of rapist motivated by displaced anger come from fatherless homes. (Source: Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 14, pp. 403-26).
71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes. (Source: National Principals Assoc. Report on the State of High Schools).
85% of all youths sitting in prisons grew up in a fatherless home. (Source: Fulton County Georgia jail populations, Texas Dept. Of Corrections, 1992).
These statistics translate to mean that children from fatherless homes are:
5 times more likely to commit suicide
32 times more likely to run away
20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders
14 times more likely to commit rape
9 times more likely to drop out of high school
20 times more likely to end up in prison
INFAMOUS FATHERLESS: Billy the Kid, Robert Graysmith (Zodiac Killer), Adolph Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Lee Harvey Oswald, John Wilkes Booth, Jeffrey Dahmer, Marc Lepine Mass Murderer of 14),
Charles Manson, Monster Cody (L.A. Crips Ganglord)
Impact of Absentee Fathers
The correlation between absent fathers and a variety of social ills and poor outcomes for children is clear.
National Statistics:
Five times more likely to be poor
Three times more likely to be involved in an out of wedlock pregnancy
50% more likely to join a gang, drop out of school, commit crimes, and use illegal substances
24 million children in America live absent their biological father
40% of children living in fatherless households have not seen their father in over a year
50% of children who do not live with their father have never set foot in their fathers home
Children from fatherless homes are twice as likely to be abused
Remarriage is not the answer
75% of teenage suicides occur in single parent homes
(National Center for Fathering)
Florida Statistics:
51% of fatherless children in Florida are poor
78% of all teens in Floridas detention facilities come from fatherless homes (85% nationally)
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