One in three American children is currently growing up without a father in the home.
Fatherless children are four times more likely to live in poverty as those with a dad at home,
twice as likely to die in infancy, twice as likely to struggle with their
weight and twice as likely to drop out of high school. Fatherless girls are
seven times more likely to become pregnant as a teen. And while the actual
numbers are hotly debated, it is evident having an absent father also correlates
statistically with higher levels of criminality, incarceration, drug and
alcohol abuse, behavioral problems and the likelihood of having been beaten up at home.
This is going on in a country with one of the best social safety nets in the world and with more
money being directed toward the social problems exacerbated by fatherlessness
than at any time in human history. Despite its deep pockets, the State is no
substitute for a loving, involved father.
