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Due to the overwhelming number of obstacles many separated/divorced and non-custodial fathers face today(false allegations, violation of visitation orders, kidnapping, etc.) its now time for men to invest in their own
progress! Men invest in cars, sporting equipment, sporting
events, clothing, jewelry, music equipment, etc. The most important investment right now for you
as a father is your children-no one is going to care more about your situation than you.
Therefore, you must begin to take an active role in your own situation!
THIS IS HOW IMPORTANT YOUR INVESTMENT IS; 63%
of youth suicides are from fatherless homes --U.S. D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census 85% of all children
that exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes --Center for Disease Control 80% of rapists
motivated with displaced anger come from fatherless homes --Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 14, p. 403-26 71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes --National Principals Association Report on the State
of High Schools 70% of juveniles in state operated institutions come from fatherless homes --U.S. Dept.
of Justice, Special Report Sept., 1988 85% of all youths sitting in prisons grew up in a fatherless home --Fulton
County Georgia jail populations & Texas Dept. of Corrections, 1992
Translated, this means that children
from a fatherless home are:
- 5 times more likely to commit suicide
- 32 times more likely to run away
- 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders
- 14 times more likely to commit rape
- 9 times more
likely to drop out of school
- 10 times more likely to abuse chemical substances
- 9 times more likely to end up in a state operated institution
- 20 times more
likely to end up in prison
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit-Napoleon
Hill
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