FATHER GOD, WE WEEP FOR THE RESULTS OF FATHERLESSNESS. WE PRAY FOR THIS FATHERLESS NATION, THIS FATHERLESS GENERATION. MAY FATHERLESS CHILDREN COME TO KNOW YOUR LOVING TOUCH, YOUR LOVING CARE, AND YOUR LOVING ENCOURAGEMENT.
MAY THE CHURCHES IN THIS GREAT NATION RETURN TO THE FATHER'S KIND WELCOME AND GIVE EVIDENCE THAT THERE IS HOPE.
- 43% of US children live without their father [US Department of Census]
- 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (US Dept. Of Health/Census) – 5 times the average.
- 90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes – 32 times the average.
- 85% of all children who show behavior disorders come from fatherless homes – 20 times the average. (Center for Disease Control)
- 80% of rapists with anger problems come from fatherless homes –14 times the average. (Justice & Behavior, Vol 14, p. 403-26)
- 71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes – 9 times the average. (National Principals Association Report)
- 75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes – 10 times the average.
- 70% of youths in state-operated institutions come from fatherless homes – 9 times the average. (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Sept. 1988)
- 85% of all youths in prison come from fatherless homes – 20 times the average. (Fulton Co. Georgia, Texas Dept. of Correction)
- 70% of juveniles in state operated institutions have no father. [US Department of Justice, Special Report, Sept. 1988]
- 85% of youths in prisons grew up in a fatherless home. [Fulton County Georgia jail populations, Texas Department of Corrections, 1992]
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