Fatherless Generation: Redeeming the Story
One of the major things that has motivated me in recent years has been the plight of the "at-risk" students, particularly guys. I mean, how many students can I claim come from a two-parent home, much less one where both parents form a functional family? In semi-rural/suburban Kansas it's startling how the numbers play out but across the nation it's much worse. Just look at theses numbers regarding fatherless kids: • 15.3 times more likely to have behavioral disorders • 6.3 times more likely to be in a state-operated institutions • 4.6 times more likely to commit suicide • 6.6 times more likely to become teenaged mothers • 24.3 times more likely to run away • 10.8 times more likely to commit rape • 6.6 times more likely to drop out of school • 15.3 times more likely to end up in prison while a teenage • 73% of adolescent murderers come from mother only homes • Daughters who live in mother only homes are 92% more likely to divorce I've been involved...