Lies About Fatherhood

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This is the Earthbound Parenting podcast. In this episode, we talk about the lies and negative stereotypes about Fatherhood. We discuss the general assumption that dads are inept, irrelevant, uncaring and why that's all a load of crap.

Some Stats:

Children raised without a father (or father figure) are...

- 5 times more likely to commit crime and be poor.

- 9 times more likely to drop out of school.

- 20 times more likely to end up in jail or prison.

- The proportion of fatherless families is the most reliable indicator of violent crime in a community.

- 70% of juveniles in state institutions and 85% of youth in prisons come from fatherless homes.

- Fatherless children are 6 times more likely to live in poverty and commit criminal acts compared to those raised in dual-parent households.

- Children from fatherless homes are more likely to suffer from alcohol and substance abuse, engage in school violence, and display delinquent behavior.

- 66% of juvenile delinquents studied experienced fatherlessness, and 20% had never lived with their father.

- Father absence predicts violence for both males and females.

- Children with involved fathers are 70% less likely to drop out of school, more likely to get good grades, and more likely to enjoy school and extracurricular activities.

- 63% of youth suicide victims and 90% of homeless and runaway children come from fatherless households.

- 80% of rapists come from fatherless homes.

- 70% of female sex workers or women who have been sexually exploited come from fatherless households

Sources

The Effects of Father Absence and Father Alternatives on Female ... https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/206316.pdf

Father(less) figures - American Experiment https://www.americanexperiment.org/magazine/article/fatherless-figures/

Fatherhood and Crime | Fact Sheet - America First Policy Institute https://americafirstpolicy.com/issues/fact-sheet-fatherhood-and-crime

The effects of single-mother and single-father families on youth crime https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1756061616300957

Fatherlessness and Crime - America First Policy Institute https://americafirstpolicy.com/assets/uploads/files/Fatherlessness_and_Crime.pdf

Which household (single-father or single-mother) are at higher risk ... https://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/ybyuhj/which_household_singlefather_or_singlemother_are/

The effect of father's absence, parental adverse events, and ... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6516459/

The Real Root Causes of Violent Crime: The Breakdown of Marriage ... https://www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/report/the-real-root-causes-violent-crime-the-breakdown-marriage-family-and

Statistics on Fatherlessness - Deeper Walk International https://deeperwalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Statistics-on-Fathering.pdf

90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2019R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/169072

Dads Make the Difference - Institute for Survivor Care | https://instituteforsurvivorcare.org/dadsmakethedifference/

How Fatherlessness Impacts Early Sexual Activity, Teen Pregnancy ... https://downloads.frc.org/EF/EF15L32.pdf

Sex workers as mothers: Correlates of engagement in sex work to ... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10019358/

The Changing Profile of Unmarried Parents - Pew Research Center https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2018/04/25/the-changing-profile-of-unmarried-parents/

Fatherlessness in the Wake of the Sexual Revolution | News https://righttolife.nd.edu/news/fatherlessness-in-the-wake-of-the-sexual-revolution/

Father Absence Statistics - National Fatherhood Initiative https://www.fatherhood.org/father-absence-statistic

Fatherlessness - Statistics on Impact of Lack of Fathers https://drjamesgjohnson.org/books/graceorphansnomore/fatherlessness/

Why do people say that fatherless girls become promiscuous? - Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/143kfdl/why_do_people_say_that_fatherless_girls_become/

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