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| Research: 1-in-4 U.S. Children Live in Fatherless Homes, Spurring Mental Health and Behavioral Issues |
| 2023-06-19 |
| [Breitbart] About one in four children in the United States are living in fatherless homes, making them far more likely to suffer from mental health and behavioral issues, research details. An issue brief published by the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) finds clear correlations between children raised in fatherless homes and developmental challenges such as anger problems, violent tendencies, and overall lower educational scores. U.S. Census Bureau data shows that as of 2022, more than 18 million children across the nation live in fatherless homes — indicating that about one in four children do not have a father figure in their household. The AFPI brief details the impact fatherless homes have on the well-being of children, specifically their mental health and behavioral development: The effects of broken families have been staggering. Children from fatherless homes fare far worse in overall well-being and mental and behavioral health. These children are often burdened with lower self-esteem than other children, and they do not understand why their fathers abandoned them. This leads to a number of emotional problems like anxiety, social withdrawal, and depression, and it also leads to an increased risk of suicide and other forms of self-harm. Some data suggests that 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes, and 85% of children who exhibit behavioral disorders are from fatherless homes. [Emphasis added] In terms of determining future criminal behavior, the AFPI brief shows a strong connection between the incarcerated juvenile population and fatherlessness. “In a study of 75 juvenile delinquents, 66% experienced fatherlessness, 20% had never lived with their father, and 25% had an alcoholic father,” the brief states. “… in one study, 70% of youth in state-operated facilities were from sing-parent homes.” Overall, one study noted by AFPI found that children from fatherless homes are 20 times more likely to be incarcerated than those who are raised with fathers in their life. A different study has found that children who have a close relationship with their fathers are 80 percent less likely to ever be imprisoned for a crime. A child’s educational scores also depend heavily on whether they have a father figure in their household, the AFPI brief suggests: Children with an actively engaged father perform much better in school. Some data shows that they are 33% less likely to repeat a class and 43% more likely to get A’s in school. [Emphasis added] A number of Republican lawmakers have sought to pass family formation legislation, specifically Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), in an effort to use the federal government’s resources to aid Americans looking to create families. “Never in my lifetime has it been harder to be a mom or a dad,” Rubio wrote this year. “Laws in our country should work to chart a new course and help parents balance child-rearing, work, and other priorities throughout day-to-day life.” |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #7 Classic leftist propaganda-lies with partial truth. Adjust the data to reflect racial breakdown and voila, a primary causation for inner city violence leaps off the page. Disproportionate propensity for academic failure, criminal justice incarceration, and welfare dependence all linked to the demise of the traditional black nuclear family post WWII and the advent of the Great Society of the Johnson Administration. Clearly not the sole causation, but a primary contributor. But rather than explore that, they use projection to imply it is endemic to all American society equally, since to do otherwise would examine policy and motives of the elitist left who spawned them. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-06-19 12:19 |
| #6 One in four is a much better result than I would have expected. The socialists have been slacking in their efforts to destroy our society. They’ve been attacking for 100 years and 75% of families are sort of intact. Not sure how many of the dads are like Britney Spears dad or like Bill Cosby …. Forget it we’re screwed. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-06-19 11:41 |
| #5 As the story amply illustrates, the matriarchy is by design a death cult. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2023-06-19 11:21 |
| #4 They've been telling us since Lysistrata that world run by women would be better. I still don't see it. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-06-19 09:58 |
| #3 Thought the same thing, Tarzan. What jumped out from the article was what didn't jump out. Why those demographics were omitted is a bit odd. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-06-19 09:18 |
| #2 Research: 1-in-4 U.S. Children Live in Fatherless Homes, Spurring Mental Health, Behavioral Issues, and Fratricide Among Urban Youths. FIFY |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-06-19 09:02 |
| #1 There is a certain obfuscation within this article. Notice that there is no breakdown by race. Asian families might be one in ten. In contrast, in the Black community 70% of children have no father at home. The Latino community is unknown given the significant percentage of illegals. So, if the Breitbart essay is directed to the White community, which it surely is, what is known of its composition? |
| Posted by: Tarzan Grolump8219 2023-06-19 08:38 |