Finally, someone brave enough to articulate and express everything I have been observing and thinking about in the last 10 years of working and teaching in the public school system and college.
Statistics:
Father Factor in Education – Fatherless children are twice as likely to drop out of school.
Children with Fathers who are involved are 40% less likely to repeat a grade in school.
Children with Fathers who are involved are 70% less likely to drop out of school.
Children with Fathers who are involved are more likely to get A’s in school.
Children with Fathers who are involved are more likely to enjoy school and engage in extracurricular activities.
75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes – 10 times the average.The fatherless epidemic, the destruction of the American family, the negative impact of single mother households and violations of the non-aggression principle.
http://thefatherlessgeneration.wordpress.com/statistics/
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