"Fatherless children are at a dramatically greater risk of
alcohol and drug abuse, mental illness, suicide, poor
educational performance, teen pregnancy, and criminality." (1)

Children coming from fatherless homes account for:
71% of all high school dropouts
75% of adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers
85% of all youths in prison
90% of all homeless and runaway children. (2)

63% of children from fatherless homes exhibited some sort of psychological problem (anxiety, depression, moodiness).
56% experienced poor grades or substantially below their ability and/or recent performance. (3)

"Three out of four teenage suicides occur where a parent is absent." (4)

"Girls are 53% more likely to marry as teenagers, 164% more likely to have premarital birth, and 92% more likely to dissolve their own marriage." (3)

Overall, approximately 50% of mothers "see no value in the fathers continued contact with his children..." (5)

References:
1. US Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, Survey on Child Health, Washington, DC 1993
2. Men Against Domestic Violence Survey
3. Kaltar and Rembar University of Michigan Children's Psychological Hospital
4. "Family Matters: The Plight of America's Children" -Jean Beth Eshtain
5. "Surviving the Breakup" -Joan Kelly and Judith Wallerstein

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