The Family:  Sad Statistics You Should Know

By Dr. Ted Baehr

The U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Center for Disease Control, and other agencies report that children from fatherless homes are:

• Five times more likely to live in poverty;

• Nine times more likely to drop out of school;

• Twenty times more likely to go to in prison;

• Higher risk of drug and alcohol abuse;

• Increased incidents of internalized and externalized aggressive behavioral problems;

• Greater chance of runaways and homelessness; and,

• Twice as likely to commit suicide.

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