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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY 70.1 MİLLION mation fathers across the 24.7 MİLLİON fathers who were part of married couple families. were raising three or more 21% children younger than 18 1.7 MİLLİON Number of single fathers in 2011 estimated number of stay 176,000 -at-home dads in 2011 took care of their kids at least one 32% day a week in 2010 EDUCATION Father involvement schools is associated with the higher likelihood of a student getting A GRADES Children with Fathers who are involved 40% less likely to repeat a grade in school Children with Fathers who are involved 70% less likely to drop out of school are DRUGS & DELINQUENCY Boys from single parent families reported higher rates of: Drinking Smoking Delinquency Aggression DADDY'S LITTLE GİRLS Daughters of single parents without a Father involved are likely to marry as teenagers 53% more 711% more likely to have children as teenagers 164% Birth more likely to have a pre-marital 92% more likely to get divorced A daughter's self-esteem is best predicted by her father's physical affection ARMY DADS Army 1.8 MİLLİON kids affected by military life 593,000 active duty service members 300,000 reservists are dads 150,000 deployed References: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics. Survey on Child Health. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1993. Nord, Christine Winquist, and Jerry West. Fathers' and Mothers' Involvement in Their Children's Schools by Family Type and Resident Status. (NCES 2001-032). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2001. Cuffe, Steven P., Robert E. McKeown, Cheryl L. Addy, and Carol Z. Garrison. "Family Psychosocial Risk Factors in a Longitudinal Epidemiological Study of Adolescents." Journal of American Academic Child Adolescent Psychiatry 44 (February 2005): 121-129. Griffin, Kenneth W., Gilbert J. Botvin, Lawrence M. Scheier, Tracy Diaz and Nicole L. Miller. "Parenting Practices as Predictors of Substance Use, Delinquency, and Aggression Among Urban Minority Youth: Moderating Effects of Family Structure and Gender." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 14 (June 2000): 174-184. Teachman, Jay D. "The Childhood Living Arrangements of Children and the Characteristics of Their Marriages." Journal of Family Issues 25 (January 2004): 86-111. Ellis, Bruce J., John E. Bates, Kenneth A. Dodge, David M. Ferguson, L. John Horwood, Gregory S. Pettit, and Lianne Woodward. "Does Father Absence Place Daughters at Special Risk for Early Sexual Activity and Teenage Pregnancy." Child Development 74 (May/June 2003): 801-821. Powered by Careteen
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