Did You Know?
Statistics show a strong correlation between fatherless homes and a host of other domestic problems. A Father's Day editorial in the Boston Herald credited the Massachusetts Family Institute for gathering these statistics:
In Massachusetts, the percentage of fatherless families has more than quadrupled since 1960.
In the same period, its crime rate tripled and homicides increased 100%
Since 1979, the number of juveniles in trouble in its justice system has grown 90%. The adult prison population tripled.
“It's not just his financial contribution” that is important, said the Herald, “but the discipline and the model of love, understanding and guidance a father provides.”
