Growing up without the father!!!(What it can lead to)

Children who live apart from their fathers are 4.3 times more likely to smoke cigarettes as teenagers than children growing up with their fathers in the home. --Source: Stanton, Warren R., Tian P.S. Oci and Phil A. Silva. "Seismographic characteristics of Adolescent Smokers." The International Journal of the

I know many teens and adolescents that have came across issues that involves peer pressure from there peers to use controlling substances and more.

Marriage and The family

A Review and Appraisal Journal of Marriage and Family 55 (August 1993).With the increasing number of premarital births and a continuing high divorce rate, the proportion of children living with just one parent rose from 9 percent in 1960 to 28 percent in 1996. Currently, 57.7 percent of all black children, 31.8 percent of all Hispanic children, and 20.9 percent of all white children are living in single-parent homes. --Source: Saluter, Arlen F. Marital Status and Living Arrangements: March 1994., US Bureau of the Census, Current Population Report. p28-484.

Marriage and the family has extremely went down . today there more and more family's that are broken leaving more children fatherless.

"Head of the household" Biological Father or Not

An estimated 24.7 million children (36.3%) live absent their biological
father. --Source: National Fatherhood Initiative, Father Facts, (3rd Edition):
.Children who were part of the "post war generation" could expect to grow up
with two biological parents who were married to each other. Eighty percent did.
Today, only about 50% of children will spend their entire childhood in an intact
family. --Source: David Pocono, American Family Decline, 1960-1990:

Most of the head of household living arrangement today is not the biological father. They are mainly significant others, step fathers, or just ale acquaintances. This can lead to several problems in the young adolescent life.

"More Statistics"

Researchers have found though the The National Center For Fathering
Statistics Available on their website... http://www.fathers.com/The direct link to the following
statistics were sourced at the following URL....Source: http://www.fathers.com/research/ According to 72.2 % of the
U.S. population, faithlessness is the most significant family or social problem
facing America. --Source: National Center for Fathering, Fathering in America
Poll, January, 1999.

"More Statistics"

Researchers have found though the The National Center For Fathering
Statistics Available on their website... http://www.fathers.com/The direct link to the following
statistics were sourced at the following URL....Source: http://www.fathers.com/research/ According to 72.2 % of the
U.S. population, faithlessness is the most significant family or social problem
facing America. --Source: National Center for Fathering, Fathering in America
Poll, January, 1999.

Unsolved Problems with the Fathers

Americans unresolved father problems. Over half of Americans agree
that most people have unresolved problems with their fathers. Cumulatively,
55.6% agreed with this statement, up from 54.1% in our 1996 poll. More
non-whites (70.4%) than whites (56.3%) were in agreement. Interestingly, the
generation who has experienced more father absence, 18- to 24-year-old,
displayed the highest level of agreement (67.2%). Income was also a
differentiating factor: of the respondents making $25,000 or less, 70.1% agreed,
compared to only 48.0% among those who make more than $50,000.