The Dangers of Fatherless Homes

The following statistics show just how dangerous fatherless homes are to our children, and our society.

  • 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes.
                      [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.

                  [Center for Disease Control]

  • 80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger come from fatherless homes.

                  [Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 14 p. 403-26]

  • 71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes.

                  [National Principals Association Report on the State of
                    High Schools]

  • 70% of juveniles in state operated institutions come from fatherless homes

                  [U.S. Dept. of Justice, Special Report, Sept., 1988]

  • 85% of all youths sitting in prisons grew up in a fatherless home.

                  [Fulton County Georgia Jail Populations and Texas Dept.
                    of Corrections, 1992]

  • Nearly 2 of every 5 children in America do not live with their fathers.

                  [US News and World Report, February 27, 1995, p.39]