The Sad Facts About The Fatherless:

"24.7 million children (36.3%) live absent their biological father." National Fatherhood Initiative, Father Facts, (3rd edition)

"Fatherless children are at a dramatically greater risk if drug and alchol abuse." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. National Center of Health Statistics. Survey  on Child Health. Washington, DC, 1993

"Fatherless children are twice as likely to drop out of school." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. National Center of Health Statistics. Survey  on Child Health. Washington, DC

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