The Father Gap

• Academic performance – 71% of high school dropouts are fatherless.
• Youth crime – 85% of youth in prison have an absent father.
• Homelessness – 90% of runaway children have an absent father.
• Abuse – Preschoolers not living with both biological parents are 40 times more likely to be sexually abused.
• Promiscuity – Fatherless children have a greater likelihood of having intercourse before the age of 16.
• Mortality – Fatherless children are more likely to die as children, and live an average of four years less over their life span.

https://salvomag.com/post/the-father-gap

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/co-parenting-after-divorce/201205/father-absence-father-deficit-father-hunger